after a weekend when special goals were the norm in the premier league, it's not an easy task to pick the best of the bunch from jermain defoe's match winning volley in the tyne wear derby on sunday, to charlie adam's audacious long range effort against chelsea on saturday evening, there's plenty to choose from here, sportsmail's jamie redknapp picks his top five goals of the weekend and explains why they've made his list 5 alexis sanchez (arsenal) vs liverpool  i can't believe i have to make this goal no 5 in my list it just shows the calibre of the goals scored this weekend the chilean took a brilliant first touch before spinning to lash it home and cap a fine arsenal move — and a breathless first half arsenal forward alexis sanchez puts the gunners 3 0 up against liverpool at the emirates on saturday  the chilean runs off to celebrate after beating simon mignolet from outside the liverpool area  click here to see how sportsmail rated the weekend's premier league goals  4 bobby zamora (qpr) vs west brom  this was a beautiful, controlled finish from bobby with the outside of his foot (right) he showed incredible awareness to see the chance was on but was even quicker to sort out his feet and lift it over boaz myhill like defoe's, it was a hugely important goal for his team and part of a superb performance qpr's bobby zamora (left) gets in front of joleon lescott to score his side's third goal against west brom  charlie austin congratulates his strike partner on his goal  during qpr's 4 1 victory at the hawthorns  3 wayne rooney (manchester united) vs aston villa  any other week and this would be being talked about in the same breath as wayne's overhead kick against city to flick it up with one foot, pivot and then hit it with your other is as difficult a skill as you could wish to see, but he made it look effortless wayne rooney swivels to blast a right footed shot into the top corner of aston villa's net on saturday  the man united captain's effort flies past nathan baker (left) and fabian delph on its way towards goal  2 jermain defoe (sunderland) vs newcastle united  to hit that kind of volley on your wrong foot shows unbelievable technique when the ball drops like that it's so hard to put the power in but keep control and the fact it was a vital derby winner is why i put it ahead of wayne rooney's sunderland striker jermain defoe (left) smashes a volley into the top corner against newcastle on sunday  defoe celebrates his stunning goal which earned the black cats a valuable three points on sunday  1 charlie adam (stoke) vs chelsea  the best long range strike i've ever seen he hit the ball so hard and from so far out — it was an incredible goal he showed fantastic vision and imagination to pull it off and he left thibaut courtois in a heap it was a pleasure, too, to be able to cover it live on saturday night football on sky stoke midfielder charlie adam lines up an audacious shot from 66 yards against chelsea at stamford bridge  chelsea goalkeeper thibaut courtois watches as the ball goes over his head and into the back of the net  adam gets a hug from glenn whelan (left) and stephen ireland after making it 1 1 against the league leaders 
premier league this weekend jermain defoe sunday alexis sanchez bobby zamora sportsmail jamie redknapp the weekend
premier league fans saw a number of brilliant goals scored this weekend . jermain defoe finished things off with a fantastic volley on sunday . alexis sanchez and bobby zamora also netted memorable goals . sportsmail's jamie redknapp picks his top five strikes from the weekend 