Not really perfectly positioned, he had Awonji behind his back for most of the run, and was the only one to take him out. Elanga already had first Garnacho and then Dorgu on him, so it would be a huge mistake to shift over towards Elanga and leave Awonji alone. The issue was that Elanga, deftly, cut over to his right for the last ten metres, pulling towards Maz and away grom Dorgu, who was unaware and slow to react and didn’t follow him until too late.
It was brilliant all the way from Elanga, and helped by a) our rest defence from the corner forgot their roles (apart from Maz), b) Garnacho effortfully but unwizely threw himself to the floor in a hopeful tackle attempt to leave it 2v2, c) Dorgu losing Elanga by being somewhat unaware towards the end of the run, and d) Onana losing track of his goal line position, standing way over on his right side. Maz is probably the only one I’d give a pass, though none of these mistakes are outright gaffe’s it’s stuff that happens.
The bad luck was for everyone to be a bit off at the same time, and Elanga to be at the very top of his game, as he is at the moment.
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