He looked run down toward the middle of the second half.
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Can he keep it on target? If he does that he might score it might get blocked but it might hit the defender and fly in it might go through his legs.
One thing for sure is putting it over the bar won't get a goal, it wasn't blocked zlatan struck it and it flew over, am I asking much for a world class player to direct a ball on target from 6 yards?
Ah I see, thought you were referring to his lack of running around as a sign of tiredness. I dont think he had a good game fwiw. Excellent technique to finish that chance but he could have done much better with the header he hit straight at bravo. No excuse for that panicked lame shot at stones, that simply has to be a goal.
Yes, think he kind of panicked, which was weird. Not just that shot, but also in the end the left footed lame volley. Weird, was quite surprised by that. But he tried and had opportunities, so still kind of ok, even though he could/should have scored 1-2 more.
Depends on where it hits the defenders leg of course given it was blocked. Yes, you're obviously asking too much if you want him to control where it goes after it hits the defender.
I don't think he can handle high intensity games.
5 goals in 5 games and some are still complaining about his ability as a striker.
He did have a rest, international football.
Scored a goal ,but could have done better. Still he is scoring regularly, just need to add more goals from the other areas as well.
Jesus Im out, 9 opportunities that he took to score only one of which was actually troubling the defence, only 3 on target, but yer that's worthy of saying he played well, forgetting his job is to score goals if he had we wouldn't of lost but hey ho guess my standards are higher
Apart from the goal he was crap. His play in the build up and wasteful shots were annoying viewing.
Given you're calling blocked volleys "chances" I'm not surprised your "standards" are higher.
Zlatan didn't play well and he should have definitely done better on that big chance at the end of the first half. But he did get on the score sheet and I thought our overall football was terrible. At 34/35 he does rely on service, which needs to improve.
Why? It's not like he's a central midfielder.
He didn't know Stones was on the line.
So look or hit it with conviction at the very least
He hasn't been playing really different from all the other games.
Still scored a goal which is great.
Still scored a goal which is great.
He had enough time to look around and shoot.
Which is difficult to achieve when your No.9 and 10 are poor in the build up. We need more in allround play from those two.
The goal was finely executed, there was a couple of wasteful shots but he was alright. I think he should be used sparingly in the Europa League.
When he got his yellow card he could have easily got 2 yellows in less then 3 seconds .
I think the reason it's getting criticized is because he should have scored a few others which would've made a difference. Must have had like 10 shots, and just rushed them almost every time instead of taking a touch sometimes to compose himself.
He failed to put away two sitters. It's fine being anonymous most the game, but when you have a couple of glorious chances you should really take one.
Outside his finish into an open net he was terrible. Didn't really drop back enough to help the defence, didn't really interchange too well with the players around him either. Couldn't score into an open goal when rashford teed him up and passed it lethargically to stones. He's a great player and by his standards this was a pretty poor performance, result aside. Most his moments involved skiing the ball over the bar.
Well, you sign the likes of him to perform in biggest games and make a difference.
But tbf to him, some people think zlatan is a bit of big game choker anyway. So it might not be fair to expect too much.
But tbf to him, some people think zlatan is a bit of big game choker anyway. So it might not be fair to expect too much.
That was a brilliant finish, and got us right back into the game. Yes he should have scored after that, but I can forgive him because of what he had/has done for us. It was just a lapse in concentration, he thought no one was on the line.
Ibra will (and has already) come good
Good finish. Wasted a few chances. Should have done better.
We need to improve our possession play to get the best of him. I'm not making an excuse, it's just a fact. He's not going to shine if we only have 30-35 percent of the ball. Will always be a tough ask.
We need to improve our possession play to get the best of him. I'm not making an excuse, it's just a fact. He's not going to shine if we only have 30-35 percent of the ball. Will always be a tough ask.
We need more from him than we got today, that silly stunt mid-week with the parcel to Bravo makes him looks a bit stupid now. I love a bit of arrogance and self-assurance but lets not jump the gun.
Why? His video is spot on, Bravo needs lot of training.
He had so many difficult attempts today. Normally he'd get more of those volleys on goal. He was a bit lonely up top and it's hard to create stuff on your own against City when speed is not your key ability. He'd probably be able to create more up front in case we had better wingers than today. Just look at how many build ups were fecked up by Mhik and Jesse. There was no chance for him to do better. Another match another goal.
Yeah I agree guys, I wasn't defending Ibra. I was saying that performance was very similar to his Hull game. You're not allowed to comment on his overall game though when we win. How we judge a performance is very much coloured by the result.
That's the problem when a striker doesn't bring much to the overall game. They have to be lethal to justify being in the team. Upto today he has been. So he kind of needs to keep that going but it seems unrealistic.
That wasn't the point of the video
For me it looked like that was the point of the video. Asking him to train hard as he is facing Zlatan.
If only he took that chance to make it 2-2 before half time
His mobility seems to be going, he can still score goals and he will no doubt get a hat full this season, but I'm starting to think someone with more mobility would be better.
This was expected and would have been expected even if Zlatan was bought a couple of years ago. This is not a surprise, it's the risk coming with the reward.
Yeah, can't get this off my mind. If he only glanced up for half a second...
Typical game from Zlatan, got us a goal at least. He has been very good so far.
To be fair, he's been lethal his whole career and I can only see that continuing this season. I wasn't complaining about his performance really either, he was far from the worst, it's just on another day he could've scored 3 and 9 times out of 10 he would've scored at least that second. Just seemed a bit too rash today.
Not only did he score ( again ) but he looks like the only one who was and is likely to , the team performance was grim and the service to him was poor but he scored a great goal and looked to be our only real threat ( certainly untill Rashford came on )
His goal was a brilliant finish, just wish he had better finishing on some of his other easier chances.
Class finish for the goal. I thought he was poor otherwise.
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