Aston Villa midfielder Marc Albrighton scored the 20,000th goal in English Premier League history when he netted in the second half of his side's match against Arsenal on Wednesday.
With only 11 goals needed to reach the milestone going into Wednesday's seven fixtures, the race was on to secure a slice of Premier League history and Albrighton took the spoils at Villa Park.
Albrighton struck in the 54th minute when he intercepted a wayward pass from Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen and slipped a cool finish past Wojciech Szczesny to cancel out Robin van Persie's first half opener for the Gunners.
It was the 22-year-old's second goal of the season and earned him a ?20,000 cheque from the Premier League's sponsors to be donated to the charity of his choice.
Brian Deane netted the first ever Premier League goal in the fifth minute of Sheffield United's match against Manchester United at Bramall Lane in August 1992.
Fulham player Moritz Volz scored the 15,000th Premier League goal for Fulham against Chelsea in 2006, Les Ferdinand netted the 10,000th for Tottenham against Fulham in 2001 and Chris Sutton got the 5,000th for Blackburn in 1996.
Source: AFP
Source: AFP