The winner will be announced on January 17 during The Best FIFA Football Awards, which will take place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.Erik Lamela certainly lit up Sunday's north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.The Argentine replaced the injured Heung-min Son on the 20-minute mark and quickly impacted proceedings.A short time after his introduction, the fiery forward scored one of the Premier League's greatest ever goals.The ball was fired into Lamela's path inside the Arsenal box and the 29-year-old responded by producing an outrageous first-time rabona shot, which nutmegged Thomas Parety and nestled in the bottom corner.Bernd Leno in the Arsenal goal had no chance of saving it and the strike from Lamela will almost certainly be one of the contenders to win the 2021 Puskas Award. Mehdi Taremi’s overhead kick for Porto against Chelsea in last season’s Champions League is the third goal shortlisted. Schick, who plays for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, received the ball just inside his own half before lobbing Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall.

The Argentine is up against the Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick, who scored a long-range effort against Scotland at Euro 2020 last summer. Tottenham will be hoping to see one of their players win the award for a second consecutive year, after Son Heung-min won the 2020 prize for his fine individual goal against Burnley. Lamela was meanwhile sent off for a second bookable offence in the 76th minute. Lamela, who this summer signed for Spanish side Sevilla, put Tottenham ahead with the intuitive finish, only for Arsenal to fight back to win the match 2-1. Erik Lamela’s rabona for Tottenham Hotspur in last season’s north London derby defeat by Arsenal is on the three-goal shortlist for FIFA’s Puskas Award.

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