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Auier through him under a bus, he had to do the foul, not sure Kane would have got there.
Due to his physical limitations, yes he had to foul. This all started from my point that Dier lacks lateral quickness. The rebuttal was that he was one of the fastest players we have in short bursts. I again said that is not what agility and quick feet mean. He is relatively fast in a straight line, but his hips are tight. Thus he reached instead of sliding his feet and positioning himself for a tackle.
Watch the play again. He has plenty of time to move into the space Kennedy was running into. You can blame serge for being beaten or for what Dier was complaining about, not getting a foot on it and passing it to him, but I would argue serge was beaten physically by a dynamic dribbler with nice upper and lower body strength and that Dier didn’t position himself well enough to just take the ball away.