anybody have a gif of his flick to Falcao today?
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- Appearances
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- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 13
- Yellow cards
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Blast from the "past" (only 1 year ago, but still)
Whoscored has him at 3.2 key passes a game this season, not sure what they count as a key pass but first place is Barton with 3.3 and then Milner and Di Maria are on 3.2, Fabregas on 3.1. Probably the closest thing to a stat as you're going to get without counting them individually while rewatching the games.
I'll take him over Martin Tyler's monotonous commentating every day of the week, hardly gets excited about anything these days.
That must be more than 1 year ago if Gundogan was playing? Fantastic strike though
Key Pass
- The final pass leading to a shot at goal from a teammate
http://www.whoscored.com/Glossary
It was about 14 months ago, to be more precise. Gundogan wasn't injured until September of the same year, I believe.
Not sure what I've become involved in here!
I was just saying that for a guy that can strike the ball as well as he can, those mishits are such horrible effort. They happen very rarely and when they do seemingly always end up at the boot of a teammate. If it happens again I'll be convinced they are intentional.
Ah. As @Walters_19_MuFc states, that does sound a bit naff. Sky Sports had a bit on Yaya before their last game, 0 assists, 0 goals, 1 chance created. Maybe they'll have one on di Maria in the next couple games.
Yeah my bad. Some other random guy was saying something about me saying something. Oh well.
So what's that, 5 games, 3 goals and 3 assists?
He'll turn out being a bargain at this rate.
He'll turn out being a bargain at this rate.
Had De Gea not play a blinder this guy would've been man of the match yet again. Pure class.
Do we have any caftard cheesy Di Maria chants yet? Harking back to using classics like 'you are my sunshine' here's my one, I implore you to sing it through a couple of times and not get it stuck on the mind...
Ohhhhhhhh,
There's a Great! Big! Beautiful! Di Mariaaaa,
Shining at the end of everyday,
Oh there's Great! Big! Beautiful! Di Mariaaaa,
And he's only a dream awayyyy.
[Woody had a dream from the start,
And he followed his dream with mind and heart,
And when it became a realityyyy,
It was a dream come true for you and meeee.]
Ohhh... there's... a... Great! Big! Beautiful! Di Mariaaaa
Etc, etc....
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/tom-hanks-interview-2013-captain-phillips-star-sings-20706064
Ohhhhhhhh,
There's a Great! Big! Beautiful! Di Mariaaaa,
Shining at the end of everyday,
Oh there's Great! Big! Beautiful! Di Mariaaaa,
And he's only a dream awayyyy.
[Woody had a dream from the start,
And he followed his dream with mind and heart,
And when it became a realityyyy,
It was a dream come true for you and meeee.]
Ohhh... there's... a... Great! Big! Beautiful! Di Mariaaaa
Etc, etc....
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/tom-hanks-interview-2013-captain-phillips-star-sings-20706064
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From midfield too which is something that can't be forgotten. It's one thing getting those kind of stats up front or as a #10, another getting them from a deeper midfield/left wing role. Phenomenal player we have on our hands.
Far cry from Madrid being in Manchester, with our fans doubling their support when we concede. Seems like our new arrivals really appreciate that, and want to repay that
Love his crossing ability, easily the best in the team.
Love the dip and curl he puts on his crosses. Just wish the forwards esp Falcao would be more aggressive and attack his crosses more often but it's still early days and once they gain a better understanding of each other's games, it will be great in this regard.
And Shaw and Rafael could, hopefully will, learn a lot from him about crossing.
He did get MOM. But Di Maria said De Gea should have got it instead of him. Guy's pure class.
http://www.espnfc.us/manchester-uni...-match-award-should-have-gone-to-david-de-gea
Man of the match Angel Di Maria said his award should have gone to Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea after his side recorded back-to-back wins for the first time under Louis van Gaal with a 2-1 win over Everton.
Di Maria put United ahead midway through the first half as he fired home from Juan Mata's cross for his third goal of the season. But the Toffees had the chance to level matters at the break after Tony Hibbert was brought down by Luke Shaw on the stroke of half-time.
Leighton Baines stepped up to take the resulting penalty and aimed for the bottom left but was thwarted by De Gea, who made a big one-handed save.
Baines made up for his mistake 10 minutes into the second half as he picked out Steven Naismith with a pinpoint cross in the centre of the penalty box and the Scot headed home from close range with the equaliser.
The hosts were back in front just after the hour mark as Di Maria turned provider for fellow summer recruit Radamel Falcao, who slotted the ball past Tim Howard from six yards out to make it 2-1 with his first United goal.
De Gea did well to keep out a two late Leon Osman strikes, one from Gareth Barry and one fantastic effort from Bryan Oviedo as the hosts held on for the three points.
Di Maria told BT Sport 1: "I think David is the guy the who deserves this reward rather than myself he saved us throughout the game and particularly towards the end and the penalty as well so not only him but the rest of the side deserve this.''
He also reserved praise for fellow newcomer Falcao and hopes the win is the start of things to come at Old Trafford, adding: "Yes, it's great for him.
"He's been looking for that first goal for a while now and he's it's very, very important for him now. I think not only him but ourselves are on the right road now and the main thing is we're fighting for victories and fighting for points.
"We've got the three points for the day and hopefully we can now move further up the table.''
While De Gea was delighted with the result and praised the United defence, saying: "I think we played a very good game. I think in the first half we had the possession and we scored a goal and I think in the last 10 minutes they pressed a lot and they had many chances, but I saved their chances and I'm happy for that, for the win.
"I think the back four defenders for the team played very well and of course it was a great match a good three points.''
What a player.
A bit sad that to have player like him, while not playing CL. He deserves it.
He'll get it next year don't worry.
He's such a complete player which is wonderful to see. Truly brilliant signing who will make a difference this season
His fecked are we if he gets injured?
Has he scored 2 or 3 goals for us now I foget?
Pretty fooked but I think but I also think we would bring Adnan in to play that attacking role and offer him more protection than ADM gets.
3. QPR, Leicester and Everton. Also got an assist in each of those three games.
There are still people who insist that his assist to Mata's goal vs QPR wasn't intended pass? He got exactly the same type assist yesterday with Falcao's goal.
They were both quite blatantly mishit shots.
No. They were both intended passes. I would never think about it as mishit shots if not you guys, because this looks like 0% shot.
Both were shots.
They were shots to his teammates.
They were both obviously shots, he was trying shots from long range quite a lot yesterday.
They were shots to his teammates.
'drilled passes'
Does he have a chant yet?
Yesterday it was "Angel Di Maria, Do Do Do" - to the tune of 'Do The Conga' ... which is a bit crap... though if it results in a massive Conga line at an away game at some point this season, then that could be quite amusing.
Even though Big Dave stole the show yesterday, Di Maria again proved his class with that goal. Sprinting inn and then striking it so sweetly first time is just fantastic. It's something you see from top strikers/poachers, never mind a MF player who is also incredibly creative.
Anyone have a GIF of that backheel flick to Falcao by the way? That thing was pure sex
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