Sorry mate, getting confused here, what incident are you referring to here?
I had to walk the dog and just got back. I was talking about the play that led up to stones making the tackle at 80:38. I totally misconstrued your post. I thought you were calling that lost dual a blunder and maybe got a tad bit defensive :)
Wrong. He blocked Falcao from continuing hos movement, Falcao then turned around and made a bad pass Sterling intercepted. So it would count as a pressure stat for Stones, but not a tackle.Correct, won the ball with pace and power and it started the build up for the 5th goal.
Wrong. He blocked Falcao from continuing hos movement, Falcao then turned around and made a bad pass Sterling intercepted. So it would count as a pressure stat for Stones, but not a tackle.
Its strange how this is ignored constantly. Someone argued he kept Falcao onside for the first goal.He makes so many tackles, blocks, clearances, headers and interceptions. A frankly ridiculous amount. If he wasn't there over the course of the season we would miss him.
Not the incident that's being referred to Dax. Stones won the ball with a tackle ( 80 mins 30 secs or thereabouts ),carried the ball up the line and then passed to Sané wh
My badNot the incident that's being referred to Dax. Stones won the ball with a tackle ( 80 mins 30 secs or thereabouts ),carried the ball up the line and then passed to Sané who was subsequently fouled. It was from the resulting free kick that the move for the fifth goal was constructed.
Wrong. He blocked Falcao from continuing hos movement, Falcao then turned around and made a bad pass Sterling intercepted. So it would count as a pressure stat for Stones, but not a tackle.
Its strange how this is ignored constantly. Someone argued he kept Falcao onside for the first goal.
Its a stranhe reading some of the opinions here. Coz people will say things without context. That he kept Falcao inside wasn't an error, it was simply brilliant attacking by Falcao.
Watch the video, Falcao was simply he'll bent on hanging on the back of whoever was the last defender. Otamendi's movement in that sequence was justifiable. He left Silva to join the line, ball goes out to Fabihno at that point Mbappe takes a step left Ted's the goal, and Ota corectly drops one step and to the left so he could be in line to challenge a pass to Mbappe. At that moment the cross goes in to a predatorically positioned Falcao.
Strangely, I've seen no blaming of Stones or Sagna, 2 guys who had 1 guy to defend. Yet somehow it has come up multiple times that the goal was however Otamendi's fault.
Originally for leaving Silva and then subsequently for keeping Falcao onside. I find these types of views (I.e views that ignore the most guilty culprit in favor of someone tangentially involved) to be nothing bit a clear show of bias.
It will be the equivalent of me blaming the defender who let the cross get through when Ota gave away the penalty. Its ridiculous reasoning.
Time and time again, fans who have concluded they don't like this guy, overemphasis his errors and underemphasis his contributions and then conclude I'm clueless for stating both should be viewed equally.
Like I have maintained, he has a decent game. I've watched it 3 times now, and he looked as good or better with every viewing.
Watch Mbappe's movements. Thsts what OTA was tracking. Stones was trying hard to keep a line but no one else was.It was Caballero's fault however had Otamendi recognised where the line was, on the 18 yard line to make it easy for him, then he wouldn't have played Falcao onside. There was no need for Otamendi too drop as deep into the penalty area as he did.