Premier League 25,000 goals: Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes history as Manchester United fires home against Swansea

HISTORY has been made after Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the Premier League’s 25,000^th goal today.

The Manchester United star fired home during his team’s match against Swansea this afternoon.

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We were 25 goals away from the magic number at the start of the weekend, but a number of high-scoring matches on Saturday – including Chelsea’s 5-0 thrashing of Everton – saw the deficit reduced to just eight strikes.

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And Ibrahimovic will now have his name etched in the history books alongside some other greats of the game.

The Premier League’s first goal was scored by Brian Deane on August 15 1992 for Sheffield United in their match against Manchester United.

Eric Cantona helped himself to the 100^th goal just 10 days later while at Leeds, with Blackburn’s Mike Newell scoring the 1,000^th goal later that season.

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Andy Townsend fired home with 5,000^th goal with Aston Villa in 1996, with Tottenham’s Les Ferdinand getting number 10,000 in 2001.

Moritz Volz stunned Chelsea when he smashed in the 15,000^th strike for Fulham in 2006 before Villa’s Marc Albrighton sealed number 20,000 in 2011.

Arsenal star Kieran Gibbs was the most recent goal hero after scoring number 24,000 on Nov 8 2015 but he has now been overshadowed by Ibrahimovic, who will never forget this moment for the rest of his life.