• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I said this in the match thread, but I’ll say it here too… That Dibbling lad really is a talent. He looked so dangerous for Southampton when he got the ball. I’d be amazed if one of the bigger clubs doesn’t nab him in the next year or two.

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    5 hours ago

    I was at the game today. We really needed that Southampton goal to wake us up. We looked so good in first half but didn’t looked clinical enough in front of goal. Southampton defended corners strangely, their player had their back to the corner focusing on our players. Calafiori is an immense player, he was man of the match by a long way. I love Saka but he seems to pick up that award by default now.

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      3 hours ago

      Some of Cala’s touches were just amazing. And his positioning is so good. He really is a cultured, intelligent player. He has Zinchenko’s talent with getting forward into inside channels to squeeze the opposition, but without the defensive frailties.

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        12 minutes ago

        It was his attitude I loved. If his first touch was off he kept going and made up format in his second touch. His work rate was incredible. He realised on one corner that there were two Southampton defenders in him. So he moved away from the goal and the two defenders followed him out of the 6 yard box to the edge of the penalty box freeing up so much space. That level of intelligence can only helps us

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    5 hours ago

    I loved the response to going down and the result. But until they scored it felt like we were stuck in patterns from the past.

    Saka with a monster game. They double-teamed him and he still had such a huge impact.