Where Diego Gomez's outrageous Brighton halfway-line goal ranks in Premier League history

Brighton and Hove Albion star Diego Gomez joined some of the Premier League's most famous names after scoring an outrageous halfway-line goal in a 5-0 demolition of Crystal Palace. Gomez spotted goalkeeper Walter Benitez off his line before launching an audacious effort from 51.3 metres into the net, producing an instant goal-of-the-season contender on Monday (AEDT).

"When I scored I didn't know where to run, I didn't know what to do!" the Paraguay international told Sky Sports post-match. "When I got the ball, I knew the goalkeeper was a little bit ahead.

I was very happy with the goal. It's about the brotherhood and the intensity.

We keep doing this in training and games." The spectacular strike evoked memories of David Beckham's iconic goal for Manchester United against Wimbledon in 1996, but where does Gomez's effort rank among the longest-range goals in Premier League history? According to official Premier League statistics, Gomez's goal ranks eighth among the longest-distance strikes recorded since the competition began tracking shooting distances in 2006-07.

Remarkably, it was the longest-range Premier League goal since Wayne Rooney's stunning 57.7-metre effort for Everton against West Ham United in November 2017. Gomez also sits fifth among outfield players, behind Charlie Adam, Xabi Alonso, Maynor Figueroa and Rooney.

Asked if Gomez had been working on his long-range shooting in training, Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler said: "No, I think that's just quality. I'm not training with Diego Gomez to shoot from 50 metres in training.

So we try to create a hunger in the player. We call it desire to score.

And of course, when you have this desire to score, then when you win the ball, the perception of, okay, there's the goal. So I think we speak a lot about this goal now, but for me it's perception, the goalkeepers far out of the goal and then come quick into actions … good first touch and with good first touch, you can then afterwards have the second touch and then scoring.

And therefore, I think it's more on these kinds of things we are working on."