Troy Deeney claims goal against Leicester is more famous than David Beckham’s free-kick, Man United’s hat-trick and only tied with Sergio Aguero

Troy Deeney has claimed his play-off semi-final goal against Leicester City was among football’s two most memorable moments of all time.

It’s 11 years to the day since the Watford hero’s famous strike in 2013, which is undoubtedly one of the most iconic scenes in Championship history.

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“Cheating” songs like Anthony Knockaert dived to win a penalty, cheers as he was denied by Manuel Almunia – twice – then stunned silence and utter raptures as Watford raced towards the opposite end to score, with a topless Deeney sprinting to celebrate.

It’s a scene etched into the minds of every Watford fan in attendance that day, and one that the Foxes faithful will never be able to completely erase.

And Deeney is clearly very proud of it.

“I think it’s Aguero’s second goal in English football, personally,” he said on the That Peter Crouch podcast.

“You may think I’m arrogant and you can tell me to fuck off, no problem, but are there any other times other than these two where you can remember exactly where you were when you saw him (and) what were you doing?”

Then, speaking to YouTube channel Rising Ballers, he went further to say it was one of the most memorable goals. in football. Period.

Not only did he say it was on par with Aguero’s Premier League goal for Man City, he also claimed it was more memorable than David Beckham’s iconic free-kick against Greece – which sent the England at the 2002 World Cup.

Deeney said on the podcast: “It was the best moment of my career, and I’ve just started to appreciate it now that I’ve finished, because we lost in the final, I always thought that it It was a waste.”

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Deeney’s goal saw Watford beat Leicester 3-2 in the play-off semi-final, but the Hornets lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace in the Wembley final to miss out on the race for promotion to the Premier League.

He continued: “But now I can go anywhere in the world – and you might think I’m lying, but I never lie – and someone will say ‘I saw your goal against Leicester and I know where I was’. .

“I may be biased, but I think there are two moments in football where you remember where you were when they happened – I think it’s me and Agüero.

“There are great moments, like when Man United won the treble, you remember the goal and the game but you don’t remember where you were or how you felt.

“That’s just my opinion. I think it’s both (his goal and Agüero’s). I don’t think anyone can tell me about another moment…and not just in the Premier League, anywhere.

“Like Beckham’s free-kick against Greece, it’s a good moment but you don’t remember: ‘I was in that drink doing that’.

“But if I said to you: ‘Troy Deeney, that Watford goal against Leicester’, you say: ‘Bang, oh my God, that was crazy’, and you can tell me who the commentator was, how it happened and where you were at that time – same with Agüero.

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“It’s only two moments, I feel like as a commentator everyone is trying to capture this moment now, they’re all trying to do it for themselves, but I just think it was so authentic and genuine, both that and the Agüero moment.

“You have to start appreciating it because much better footballers than me have had incredible careers, but they never had a ‘moment’.

“I can honestly say I’ve been to some lovely places around the world, some places where they don’t have TV and they’re like, ‘You play for that team in yellow.’

“We honestly said it was in the Maldives. One guy said to me, ‘You play for that team in yellow, that goal you scored, man, oh my God.’

“I was like, ‘Oh shit!

“I’ve been able to experience it and appreciate it a little more now that I’m older and my kids know about it. They tell me it’s been watched almost a billion times on YouTube, so it must be okay GOOD.”