His penalty technique reminds me of Hazard's. I'm sure it was different before but his last couple of penalties have been like this. It's not about executing a great penalty, but reading the keeper and placing accordingly. Unfortunately for Martial the Benfica keeper outfoxed him, by feinting left but diving right.
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That's why I don't care for that method. Much prefer the player picking a corner and taking a proper run up.
great run. shame he missed the pen, woulda made his numbers look even better
You're supposed to do both, that's how Cantona, Le Tissier, Balotelli etc. take them.
You're supposed to score. I believe the method I mentioned is the most effective. But yeah, changing things up is a good way to go about it, especially if you have the nerve.
Anyway, he missed, no biggie. He's playing well and we'll still win.
He's looking fantastic so far. Great dribbling, good tracking back, snuffed out 2 attacks already. Lovely cross there on his left foot.
playing really well
Best player by far
Killing manz tonight.
The only one who's able to create something
feck me he's magic 
His footwork is incredible.
He is our best player!
I truly believe that if he starts consistently this will be him week in, week out
Imposing Martial Law tonight
PL teams just don't give him that kind of space because they know what he is capable of when he gets up to speed.
Playing well but Douglas isn't even PL quality defensively.
Its a joke that our ost talented attacker doesnt start every week. Especially in a system that relies on moments of magic to create chances rather then general good play.
Hate to say it but i genuinely think he'd ve tearing up the league under a manager like Pep and how city are doing. Hes excellent at isolating his wingers 1v1 with fullbacks in space to run and martial is one of the best around when it comes to beating people 1v1. Thats something Mourinho needs to work on for us, quicker general play to get the ball in good positions quicker so that we dont rely on someone doing something out of nothing to create.
Hate to say it but i genuinely think he'd ve tearing up the league under a manager like Pep and how city are doing. Hes excellent at isolating his wingers 1v1 with fullbacks in space to run and martial is one of the best around when it comes to beating people 1v1. Thats something Mourinho needs to work on for us, quicker general play to get the ball in good positions quicker so that we dont rely on someone doing something out of nothing to create.
Oh dear.
Hopefully it's just a matter of time until himself and Rashford are both starting. Our only consistently good attackers at present
Would be nice if we had another player or two capable of beating a man. Doesn’t even have to be another winger. There’s only really him and occasionally Pogba who take players out the game with a bit of skill. Completely opens things up
Shame about the pen, but he's been our best player so far.
Indeed. Whenever he starts a PL game you are lucky to see him make more than one successful dribble a game.
A joy to watch tonight, deserves a goal
I think Miki has it in him when he's......not playing like he has been.
Which is why we need to play both him and Rashford.. so they get more space. Very easy to mark one of them out of the game, as you know the entire threat is coming from one flank. We are very predictable.
Will say it as many times as possible. Every bit as talented as the other French lads.
Insane talent.
Insane talent.
He always looks amazing against weaker opposition. But he still needs to step it up a level to put in these sorts of performances against most premier league teams.
Neither seemingly can play on the right.
No, I mean the way the great penalty takers do it is they do both *at the same time*.
Le Tisser described it like this; It's impossible to miss a penalty if you do the following, it takes beyond human reactions to stop.
1) Pick a corner and be able to hit a clean, firm strike there.
2) Watch the goalkeeper as you run in he's either going to dive early or wait.
3) If he wait's it's simply not possible for him to get down into the corner for anything even remotely well struck, so you stick with your original plan, if he dives early then you just roll it into the other side of the goal.
It's the method ALL of the best penalty takers use, the ones with really good records anyway. The Shearer/Lampard/Gerrard method is better if you don't have the composure, but doing it the way Martial did is the more reliable way.
I don't know what happened with Martial, maybe he just scuffed it or thought he saw the keeper dive, but he should work on perfecting his current method rather than trying to mix it up.
He's our best player.
Still, he should even be doing better today and learn how to finish his moves, then he'll be truly unstoppable.
Still, he should even be doing better today and learn how to finish his moves, then he'll be truly unstoppable.
Play one in the hole, or just persist until the penny drops and one of them gets to learn how to play on the right
His left foot is actually better than I thought, he should use it to dribble outside more.
I hope he will get one goal tonight, probably the best player on the pitch in the first half.
I hope he will get one goal tonight, probably the best player on the pitch in the first half.
Rashford's had some good performances from there in the past.
true but playing/starting consistently would help him adapt. also, we need someone to contribute on the right wing, if we had another player capable of taking on defenders on the right, it would take some of the pressure off him plus it would be harder for teams to get two, and sometimes three, defenders on him
Very good half, it’s good to see him keeping intensity levels throughout the game. Awful penalty though...
On fire so far, needs a goal now. His close control is beautiful to watch.
You mean the likes of Tottenham? Yeah.
I don't think it's as simple as that in the short term. They're both still kids so I'm happy with the current rotation. Maybe bring in a specialist right winger in the meantime.
He didn't look amazing against Spurs.
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