Andros Townsend joked that Everton teammate Idrissa Gueye had 'turned into Beckham' after the midfielder's wonderful free-kick led to the winning goal in Senegal's 2-1 win against Ecuador.
Gueye swung in a wonderful deep free-kick on 70 minutes for what was the eventual winner, courtesy of Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly - via the shoulder of Ecuador's Felix Torres. The cross topped off a whirlwind spell for the Blues midfielder, whose foul in his own half four minutes prior led to Ecuador's equaliser and earned him his second yellow of the group stage - he will now miss Senegal's round-of-16 tie and is stuck on 99 international caps.
The 33-year-old has never been known as a dead-ball specialist throughout his long career, but an inch-perfect cross from deep reminded Townsend of a certain David Beckham - and the Blues winger joked that his teammate may be on set-piece duties at club level from now on.
