It was a shot, you lunatics.
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We created two good chances before the freekick (Mata's shot and Rojo's cross which RVP should have left for Herrera). I think we looked much more lively than the Moyes days. Most of the time very little happens in the first 20 minutes anyway because teams are still trying to figure each other out.
We'll see what happens on Sunday.
EDIT: Might have been three chances, I remember RVP missing a free header too, not sure though if it was before our first goal.
Are people taking the piss with that vote? It was so obviously a mishit shot. You can clearly see that he had the biggest possible swing trying to get a lot of power into the ball and that he didn't look for Mata at all. Plus, they way he and Mata were laughing after the goal was telling. He didn't mean that at all.
OMG, why would Di Maria shoot from that distance and from that angle? It doesn't make sense, it would be a complete waste of an opportunity and he knows it. He saw Mata and knew he needed a powerfully driven pass so the ball could reach him. It's a pass.
Indeed. It would have been an idiotic shot, 2 defenders in front of him to block it as well had he gotten it on target.
Yep.
I thought the reason he and Mata were laughing was because it was something that they practice in training and it's actually worked in a match.
And he never scores from those positions. It's not his style. The poor guy is probably dumb to people thinking he tried to shoot because he doesn't understand English yet, so he just grins.
How can anyone think he didn't shoot there?
Because look at his body shape. The angle with which he twists his body suggests he's not aiming the ball at the goal.
Whether it was intended as a shot or a driven pass, the ball blatantly didn't end up going the direction he intended it to go.
How can anybody think he did shoot there?
He looks straight at Mata, bro. Half a second before he drives the pass in. He's that good.
He was looking at the goal. There was a gap between the defenders for a shot to the keeper's right.
Definite shot
Looking at the goal is just a diversionary tactic, he knew where Mata was and played the pass blind he's that good
Definite pass
Definite pass
So clearly a miss-hit shot. The way he swings you would have expected the ball to move a lot faster. The reason it didn't..... a miss-hit
I don't actually understand how this can even be up for debate, the way him and Mata were laughing about it afterwards makes it more than obvious that it wasn't meant to be a pass.
Can't believe how close that poll is. 100% a mis-hit shot for me. The technique used to strike the ball and the reactions after tell the story.
Agreed, anyone who saw that exchange afterwards can't believe it was a pass.
When is the poll closing? We shall let it decide the outcome.
Probably fans from other clubs are laughing at us right now.
Probably fans from other clubs are laughing at us right now.
It may well have been a shot but the technique is also very much one that could be intended as a driven cross. It was mishit either way so the reaction after isn't conclusive either. One things for sure though a shot from there for a left footer made no sense whatsoever. I also thought he looked at Mata and not the goal, is there any camera angle that shows?
tbh I was more happy with what I saw than if we'd had a kerazy goal fest from the off. We didn't just blitz the opposition and watch them fall apart. Up to the first goal we managed the match in quite a mature way.
One of the problems of the last 12 months is that our confidence is so low, that if we don't score in the first 10 minutes our game just falls apart and we start giving away possession cheaply, making stupid mistakes or resorting to overly ambitious long balls. On Sunday we continued to control possession after the initial buzz died down, and instead just kept probing. It was the kind of play that would have created a breakthrough at some point during the match. The timing of the goal was perfect of course, but it wasn't like it came against the run of play.
I'd much prefer winning our next few games by a small margin, but see us really manage the game properly, rather than seeing games like the topsy-turvy first half of 2012-2013. Controlling possession, probing for chances, knowing when to up the tempo or cool the game off. We've lost that aspect of our game, and we saw a little bit come back on Sunday. Not to an expert level, but better than what we've seen before.
Did you see Mata and Di Maria joking with other when they were walking back to their own half? I can't believe anyone who saw that clip could believe it was done on purpose.
It wasn't done on purpose. It was clearly mishit. But I think it was meant to be a cross across the 6 yard box that ended up being scuffed and going behind the defenders to Mata. Either way it hardly matters that much I suppose. Lets be thankful that this is the most heated debate this week and not moaning over another terrible performance
Sure, it's just a bit funny that it's so difficult for United fans to admit, given that it doesn't matter the least bit anyway. If you asked the question on any non-United fan board, you'd get 95 % saying it was a shot.It wasn't done on purpose. It was clearly mishit. But I think it was meant to be a cross across the 6 yard box that ended up being scuffed and going behind the defenders to Mata. Either way it hardly matters that much I suppose. Lets be thankful that this is the most heated debate this week and not moaning over another terrible performance
Motd said it was a mishit cross in fairness.
Still don't see it. You don't swing your leg with that force for a cross. Anyway, point is the same: he scuffed it and got lucky. It doesn't matter one bit but it's just a bit silly to make it out as if it was a genius pass.
Absolutely. There's no way in hell he meant it to turn out how it did. I guess when it's going for you it's going for you.
Frankly when I first saw it, it actually seemed he purposely hit that on the ground in Mata's direction because Rio would have gobbled up an aerial duel between Mata and himself, and I was mightily impressed at his control of such a pass. But the reactions actually make me feel that it could be a mishit shot.
I have still voted for pass
I have still voted for pass
It was a cross that ended up in the back of the net.How could anyone think it wasn't.
It was obviously a shot... I'm amazed this is even a discussion!
This is the closest poll we've ever had
Amazing how so many people can be so wrong
Amazing how so many people can be so wrong
Of course it was a shot.
I'm beginning to think anyone saying it was a pass are simply on a WUM.
and without CL football...
About top 5 in the world.
Behind Ronaldo and Messi, at about same level as Robben, Suarez, Zlatan, Bale and Neymar etc.
This is the closest poll we've ever had
Amazing how so many people can be so wrong
People really think that was a shot? Wow, just wow! I can understand some thinking it was a mishit pass. because he maybe wanted to cross it instead of passing it like that, but not in a million years that was a misshit shot.
He has an eye on Mata and an eye on goal. He is that good.
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