It's so weird. He has one elite skill, almost a superpower, and for most of his time with us he's either told not to use it or is scared to.
It's like if Peter North had quit porn to become a priest.
In this case with the angle of the run and how soon the shot was after the throughball there wouldn't have been a whistle before the attempted block even if the flag went up right away.
It was also fairly tight margins - there are much more egregious examples.
Missed several through ball opportunities when cutting in ( hardly unique to him) but maybe his best all round performance. So so so much better off the ball - went from being so timid a few weeks ago to now really hunting for the ball.
His defending was fine, it was his passing getting him into trouble. I think 3 times he gave it away in dangerous areas - the one was a nailed on goal of it wasn't for Emerson flying in.
4 goals in a season is fantastic though 👏
I really think something like that should be a fine. It's cheating, fraud, bad sportsmanship, whatever you want to call it - it sucks. I wouldn't want the game affected by that nonsense or the ref to get involved.
Just a message after the game that the player was deemed to be acting against...
True but if you're working passing moves around the edge of the box to create a half chance I'd want the half chance to fall to Son. He can shoot with either foot, which helps a hell of a lot in tight situations.
I don't think he was diabolical at all. Certainly not as progressive as Porro but 3 crosses were dangerous if someone would actually have bothered to attack them.
Sofascore actually gave him a 7.6 so I think you're being a bit hyperbolic.
Your subjective feelings are what they are but for me it's relative - the bad performances this season are, in terms of enjoyment and reasons to be optimistic, probably up there with the lesser "good" performances last season.
Last season if we had 3 people in the opponents box (and it wasn't...
I just think he's wasted on the left. Yes his pace is diminished when teams park the bus but if we get a half chance in the box I want it falling to Son before anyone else.
Was amazed he stayed on the left when Richy went off.
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