Syn, I think you'd find going near post from a volley (and from where RVP was) goes against what most strikers would do because you have to be perfect for it to be a goal (there's no chance of hitting the side netting and it being a goal), whereas going across goal, there is. If he had covered the near post, then I daresay RVP would've tried going across goal instead. A couple of seconds is not a lot of time to cover both parts of the goal, in fact it is impossible.

It's a mistake, sure, like any goal conceded has come from a mistake. An understandable one in this situation though. Just like Snznznzny wasn't to know Gibbs would let Ben Arfa cut inside (he got beaten on his near post then).

The Everton one is 'easier' because he was able to put all the power in to it and after all, it hit the post and went in but both are technically supreme, regardless.