If you advance 60 yards up a football pitch at full tilt and stick the ball in the net but no defenders try to stop you, does it go down as an incredible solo goal?
It is one of the great philosophical puzzles of our time, one only a handful of people have ever tried to solve. To tackle it requires courage and conviction, as well as an extremely acquiescent opposition defence.
Hatem Ben Arfa bravely attempted to supply us with an answer to the query against Bolton in 2012. But with everyone still a little unsure almost a decade on, West Ham’s rejuvenated superstar Jesse Lingard took the task upon his shoulders on Monday night at Molineux, valiantly thrusting himself forward against the thoroughly cooperative Wolves backline to provide the definitive response.
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