Who are the greatest PL free-kick takers of all time?

Mata's left-foot effort was his eighth goal direct from a free-kick in the Premier League since he made his debut for Chelsea in August 2011.

In that same period, no other player has been able to match Mata's tally.

Gylfi Sigurdsson is the closest with seven, followed by Wayne Rooney, Christian Eriksen and former Norwich player Robert Snodgrass who are all tied on six.

However, Mata still has a way to go to equal the all time greats when it come to dead-ball goals.

United legend David Beckham is top of the pile with 18 goals.

The next best are a massive six goals behind, with Thierry Henry and Gianfranco Zola having 12 apiece to their names.

A more complete list is below.

All-time Premier League goals from direct free-kicks

David Beckham — 18

Thierry Henry — 12

Gianfranco Zola — 12

Laurent Robert — 11

Cristiano Ronaldo — 11

Seb Larsson — 11

Ian Harte — 10

Morten Gamst Pedersen — 10

Frank Lampard — 9

Nolberto Solano — 9

Jamie Redknapp — 9

Juan Mata — 8