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Will the real Mo Salah please stand up?
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Welcome back, Mo! We missed you!
I know we have a lot of problems in the squad but goals cover up quite a bit of them. Man, we missed this week's Mo. Hopefully, he continues on like this.
He is. He’s great. Still pisses me right off when he gets utterly greedy like when he didn’t square the ball in a 2 vs 1 situation to Jota. Emerson made a great save but it would have been a certain goal had he passed to Jota.
He was well pissed off when Nunez didn’t square the ball to him in a similar situation. Pot, kettle, black.
He probably went - i gave you a free header earlier and you scuffed it, so i'll do it myself instead.
They were hardly comparable. Mo was 1 v 1 with the keeper, and the keeper made a world class save. Nunez had a defender in his way, and a easy ball to Jota or a harder ball to Mo, and he ran straight at the defender.
Mo was 2 v 1 with the keeper.
Wanted to make sure I wasn't dreaming it.
Wanted to make sure I wasn't dreaming it.
That’s Mo’s to take in my view.
He is our best striker and he has to take it.
Now if it was Bobby or Jota, I would scream pass.
I know it’s double standards
I just can't agree. It just takes a diagonal pass/roll past Ederson for a tap-in. 100% certain goal for Jota.That’s Mo’s to take in my view.
He is our best striker and he has to take it.
Now if it was Bobby or Jota, I would scream pass.
I know it’s double standards
I think if you watch in real time, Salah made the right decision. Salah had the right angle, he was on his favoured left foot, he had enough space to open his body, and enough of a gap from the trailing defender that him taking the shot was the best option there.
There was a tiny window where he might have considered playing the ball to Jota, but running at that pace with 3 defenders chasing and Ederson rushing out, I think the layoff would have been more difficult to execute than the finish. Ederson just made a great save.
The Nunez situation was totally different, as Nunez had the least advantageous position in a 3 v 1, and he chose literally the worst option.
YEs, he had to square it, and I thought that when watching it live. Amazed that commentators on both Sky and MOTD didn't say so; think they were too distracted by the save.
Mo has earned the right to be selfish.
Nunez hasn't.
The End.
Nunez hasn't.
The End.
Mo had just the keeper to beat, Nunez had a defender and two free Liverpool players clear in his eye line. They're not comparable. I think Nunez is just trying to force it too much, he's clearly got talent, just needs to put the team first and he can get a little more selfish when we're winning more games.
Yep this. I said it at the time. Jota well onside and Mo had a simple pass to make for a tap-in.
You think beating a top goalkeeper is easier than a tap in into an empty net. I certainly don’t. And I did watch it real-time and it was the obvious choice to make. Jota was screaming for it.
Haha he knew - as soon as Mo turned Cancelo.Look at Guardiola in the second angle ... brilliant!
What a magnificent pass by Alli too !!
Ehe!
Wait, everything since afcon has been erased now? There was no need to be concerned? If he starts playing as he did the last two games, and scoring regularly, do you think anyone will complain? Happy if hes back, because if he is, we can still win a trophy or 2 this year.
Stopped scoring when Mane went to the middle, and now that he is restored to a position where he can cause havoc he looks like scoring. Elliot can be that right sided mid that does the work needed, thought he defe ded really well yesterday in helping Milner, and also when he could he provided good support for Salah.
Incidentally and interestingly also, Salah looked a lot more of his old threatening self, when he was moved more to the middle.
Also noticed how in the last 2 games, we’ve moved to a more fluid, dynamic version of a 4-4-2, switching with ease on a few occasions during attack to our more accustomed 4-3-2-1/4-2-3-1.
Harvs in particular has been instrumental as RM/RW providing cover to the RB in his last 2 matches.
Also noticed how in the last 2 games, we’ve moved to a more fluid, dynamic version of a 4-4-2, switching with ease on a few occasions during attack to our more accustomed 4-3-2-1/4-2-3-1.
Harvs in particular has been instrumental as RM/RW providing cover to the RB in his last 2 matches.
Is this a case of the team being bettered balanced with Jota on the left ahead of Diaz? Mo seemed to be pushed wider since Diaz joined.
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