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Thread: Mustafi was ****ing diabolical on that first goal. Chambers got done in exactly

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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    I disagree about the first goal. If Mustafi was confident he was under the flight of the ball, Aguero running goal-side is irrelevant. Mustafi can simply stand his ground and head the ball away. Aguero pushing him in the back, however gently, knocks him from under the ball and is a foul. It doesn't look good, I grant you. But it is a foul.
    I don’t think Aguero even ran goal side. Aguero was just taking up his usual position on a goal kick and Mustafi either completely ignored him or was completely unaware he was even there. Mustafi was on the halfway line when Bravo was taking the goal kick

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige View Post
    I don’t think Aguero even ran goal side. Aguero was just taking up his usual position on a goal kick and Mustafi either completely ignored him or was completely unaware he was even there. Mustafi was on the halfway line when Bravo was taking the goal kick
    Mustafi placed himself under the flight of the ball. Aguero ran 5 yards beyond the flight of the ball, then ran back and pushed Mustafi out of the way as he was about to head the ball clear.

    I'm interested in what you think Mustafi should have done. Given the opportunity to stand and head the ball away, are you suggesting he should ignore the ball and follow Aguero?

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Mustafi placed himself under the flight of the ball. Aguero ran 5 yards beyond the flight of the ball, then ran back and pushed Mustafi out of the way as he was about to head the ball clear.

    I'm interested in what you think Mustafi should have done. Given the opportunity to stand and head the ball away, are you suggesting he should ignore the ball and follow Aguero?
    He should have been well inside his own half with everything in front of him. Then he would have known where Aguero was and he would’ve been running on to the ball trying to header it instead of backpedaling from the halfway line. That also would’ve made it possible for him to do what Aguero did when they were both challenging for it. It was poor positioning that lead to the goal.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige View Post
    He should have been well inside his own half with everything in front of him. Then he would have known where Aguero was and he would’ve been running on to the ball trying to header it instead of backpedaling from the halfway line. That also would’ve made it possible for him to do what Aguero did when they were both challenging for it. It was poor positioning that lead to the goal.
    Well he was in the correct position to head the ball clear, which is his primary concern. Aguero took that position from him, not by going shoulder to shoulder or by challenging him for the ball, but by pushing him in the back. Have I been hallucinating, or something?

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Well he was in the correct position to head the ball clear, which is his primary concern. Aguero took that position from him, not by going shoulder to shoulder or by challenging him for the ball, but by pushing him in the back. Have I been hallucinating, or something?
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