These are the margins that decide games on the elite stage.
Most elite #9’s (Kane, Mbappe, Isak, Haaland) take that touch Henry alluded to and kills the opponents. But Gyokeres didn’t have to do that in Portugal.
The conditions have changed.
Ezekiel👤 We can get lucky in UCL imo. But it relies on Arteta accepting the PL is over in Feb/March and resting Saka, Gyokeres, Eze for the big KO nights. Fitness is everything once u get to KO football, that's how PSG won it.
Feel like I’ve gone insane bc why is it bad for creative / skilled players to be deployed wide?
Not talking extreme touchline stuff but what specifically about the Eze - Cala dynamics were so so bad?
Didn't clock this was done after Bilbao (you can see the stitches on Gyok's head)
Surprised to see everyone so happy after an away 2-0 CL win considering they all witnessed Arteta screaming at Eze to hold width.
They're hiding their PTSD