There is no better feeling in football than when the ball hits the back of the net.
It's literally the point of the game after all and, as opposed to a sport like basketball where there are dozens of points scored each match, it's the scarcity of a goal which makes it so special.
There are countless different ways such a moment can be celebrated in the modern game.
The days of a polite handshake, pat on the back and brisk walk back to the centre circle are largely confined to black and white Pathe newsreels, with some of the choreographed routines we've seen in recent years sometimes leaving you wondering whether the players involved have spent more time practising that in training than their football skills.
As we're around the anniversary of one of the most controversial goal celebrations in Merseyside history, we've taken a look at some of most memorable ones whether they be staples we get to see on a regular basis, individual ones personal to the player involved or more spontaneous efforts which just ended up fitting the moment.
THE STAPLES
The beaming grin and arm(s) in the air
The classic. Simple. Natural. And the one that probably most mirrors what's going on at the same time in the stands, usually accompanied by screaming unintelligible variants of 'YEEESSS' and 'GET IN'.
Nobody did it better the King, Kenny Dalglish, that beaming smile of his transmitting the sheer unadulterated joy of the moment that was being shared with the thousands in the ground and many more following on tv and radio.
The piley on
Some managers make it a three-line whip to have as many players as possible to celebrate every goal together to bolster team spirit and project an image of unity.
It's even better when that can include the fans as well, although the authorities tend to frown on it and some referees will dole out a yellow card or two but it's hard to beat that feeling of togetherness, particularly for an example like Rickie Lambert's strike at Aston Villa a few years ago which bearing in mind it was one of a handful of goals he scored for the Reds in his one season at Anfield must have meant the world to the Kirkby lad.
The knee slide
Often favoured by those scorers who require a few more seconds in the limelight before getting smothered by their ecstatic team-mates and can sometimes be seen shrugging them off so they can get a decent run at it before embarking on the slide.
Got to be careful with those knee ligaments mind..
The shush finger / ear cup
Probably few better feelings for a footballer than silencing a baying mob who are shrieking abuse at you than sticking the ball into their team's net and then being able to hear a pin drop.
It is a fine line of course and referees rightly take a dim view of players inciting the crowd but if you dish it out..
The t-shirt message
Another one the authorities have tried to clamp down on but without too much success as footballers began to realise they can still get their message across without removing their shirt entirely by simply pulling the front of it over the head a la Fabrizio Ravanelli.
Robbie Fowler was Liverpool's chief protagonist when it came this, revealing an undershirt with 'God's job's a good'un' to mark his 100th Liverpool goal against Middlesbrough in 1996 and the famous Calvin Klein-inspired one in support of the sacked Liverpool dockers a few months later.
The goalie sprint
Generally reserved for special occasions when a goal of real significance has been scored.
Or specifically, tight games against Manchester United when the Reds have been hanging onto a one-goal lead and a late clincher inspires a Pepe Reina or an Alisson Becker to spring the length of the field to congratulate the hero of the hour.
THE PERSONALISED ONES
Steven Gerrard's camera kiss
The Liverpool legend always got dog's abuse from the Old Trafford faithful so who could begrudge him milking the moment when things went his way there.
He even had enough class to not project directly at his antagonists, choosing instead to give a big smacker to the watching tv millions by planting one on a nearby video camera when bagging in Manchester in 2009, 2010 and 2014.
Daniel Sturridge's wriggly arms
The Brummie striker carried it with him throughout his entire career from his youth days at Manchester City to Chelsea and Liverpool, Turkey and beyond.
His dad revealed in a Guardian interview he started doing it as a dare from one of his cousins and, while colleagues such as Alberto Moreno and even Jurgen Klopp tried to copy it, they couldn't pull it off with the same panache as the man himself.
Sadio Mane's copycatting
For someone as prolific in front of goal as the Senegal frontman, it is a bit surprising he hasn't managed to find his own but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery as the saying goes so perhaps it's just a sign of how much he admires his team-mates.
A cursory glance through some of his strikes since arriving at Anfield in 2016 shows it has been a regular theme and amusingly when Roberto Firmino took him to task for it earlier this season, Sadio doubled-down and accused his Brazilian pal of copying him!
Robbie Keane's cartwheel and forward role
The Irishman's trademark celebration was wheeled out with regularity throughout his career from his early days at Wolves to his later years in the US with LA Galaxy.
Reds supporters didn't get to see it too often during his six months at Anfield in the latter half of 2008 but Arsenal supporters who had a prime view of probably his best goal in a Liverpool shirt must have been sick of the sight of it.
Peter Crouch's robot
Alright it was more of an England thing but he was at Liverpool when it came on the scene and it was one of the self-deprecating factors that helped turn him into a target of abuse from the terraces to a national treasure.
THE ONE-OFFS
Robbie Fowler against Everton
The Merseyside derby of early April 1999 saw Liverpool gain their first win over their Mersey neighbours for over five years but also their two-goal hero that day get himself in hot water.
In response to years of unfounded and scurrilous rumours from some Evertonians that he was on drugs, Fowler followed up his penalty equaliser that day by pretending to snort the goalline in front of the Blues fans in the Anfield Road end and found himself fined and banned by the FA as a result.
Gerard Houllier's post-match explanation that he was merely copying a grass-eating celebration Cameroon defender Rigobert Song had brought over from his days in France didn't do him any favours either.
The Craig Bellamy golf swing
The build-up to Liverpool's Champions League last 16 tie in Barcelona in 2007 had been dominated by a reported row following a night-out in a Portuguese training camp that ended up with Craig Bellamy threatening John Arne Riise with a golf club.
So when the Welshman cancelled out Deco's opener with a vital away goal in the Nou Camp, it was inevitable that it would be followed by a celebration involving the imaginary swinging of a golf club.
And even more inevitable that the fates of football should decide the winning goal that night would see Bellamy setting up Riise to slam the ball into the net. But this time they just celebrated with a hug.
The Luis Suarez dive
David Moyes had suggested in the build-up the October 2012 Goodison derby that Liverpool's Uruguayan striker had a habit of hitting the deck too easily so when Suarez played a key role in the game's opening goal - actually turned into his own net by Leighton Baines - he was never likely to pass up the opportunity to have a nibble back.
Racing across to the other side of the pitch where the dugouts were, Suarez proceeded to launch into a theatrical dive right in front of the nonplussed Everton manager.
One-eyed Bobby
Liverpool's first ever league match played at Wembley saw Roberto Firmino rewarded for scoring what proved to be the winning goal that day by shortly afterwards receiving an inadvertent but painful finger to the eye following a challenge by Spurs' Jan Vertonghen.
He would need to train for weeks afterwards wearing protective goggles but, just three days later, with Liverpool needing a goal having blown a two-goal lead in their Champions League group opener against Paris St Germain, Bobby came off the bench to rifle home a precious late winner and celebrated by putting one hand over his eye to show that was all he really needed.
Mo Salah's buddha celebration
With the 2018/19 title race increasing in intensity with each week, the Reds' mid-April clash with Chelsea at Anfield seemed to hold special significance falling close to the date of the infamous Gerrard slip fixture five years previously which torpedoed Liverpool's Premier League dreams.
This time however Sadio Mane's header got Klopp's men in front just after half time before Mo Salah arrowed home a 30-yard stunner and unveiled a yoga pose in front of the Kop.
Asked about afterward, Salah said simply: "I do yoga and it just came into my mind. I don't think. I just feel.”
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