Pics and comments City v Stoke City

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

 

[Chris in London]

Wow. Just wow.
That first passage of play around our box, just watch the stoke players.
They don't know who to close down, who to Mark, if they should go with the runner.
And we're just running in every direction.
That goal was trademark pep.

What I liked about this goal is the way KDB takes that entire passage of play by the scruff of the neck. Stoke were pressing us in and around our own box - but when they did, KDB dropped deep, swapped a couple of passes with the back four in the right back area before switching play to the left where we come away with the ball. Had he not dropped deep we might have been in trouble given how many players Stoke had in forward positions. KDB's presence just in front of the back four allows us to play around and through the Stoke press. Then, within seconds, he pops up just outside the Stoke box to play the killer pass through to Sane.