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21st Feb 2016

VIDEO: Dimitri Payet scores the stand-out goal of the FA Cup fifth round

Tom Victor

Having a supreme dead-ball talent can bail any team out of any situation.

Some sensed a giantkilling when Blackburn took the lead against Premier League West Ham, but they forgot about Dimitri Payet.

The Frenchman took a while to get into gear, but his sublime free-kick – scored when the two teams were level at 1-1 – helped set the visitors on their way to a convincing win.

If someone mentions the words ‘Premier League quality’, this is what they mean.