De Bruyne's assist to Aguëro v Palace

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I've been doubting to create a seperate thread for this one. Could've put it on the Palace post match thread but I think it's worth a seperate mention.

Has anyone else noticed how utterly brilliant De Bruyne's assist to Aguëro was against Palace?

When I first saw that goal I reckoned it was just a fine team goal. Yaya to De Bruyne, De Bruyne to Agüero, goal.

It was only in replay when I came to realize just how brilliant De Bruyne's pass to Agüero was. Where probably 99% of all other players would've tried to pass it in front of Agüero, just like the Argentinian was pointing out himself, he decided to pass it just behind Agüero.

So in the blink of an eye he anticipated the Palace defender to come sliding in with a desperate tackle and maybe clearing his cross if he'd do the natural thing and pass it in front of Sergio.

Instead he passes it just behind Sergio anticipating that the Palace defender will be likely to already have slid past that point by the time the ball gets there and Sergio, standing still, will have no problems picking up the ball behind him and tapping in.

To see this, calculate this and take a totally unnatural decision in the blink of an eye has once more convinced me of KDB's football genius.

Did you feel the same after seeing the goal a couple of times?
 
It was the intelligent pass to make - anything in front would have made the chance much harder. Silvas initial interception, Yaya's vision and KDB all made it a great team goal.
 
He's done this on several occasions now. His vision is utterly incredible and I know there is a whole lot more to come from him. Can't remember who we were playing but he dinked a little cross to the far post recently in a similar situation, and we scored, and it was the only option available. Home game about a month ago.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
He's done this on several occasions now. His vision is utterly incredible and I know there is a whole lot more to come from him. Can't remember who we were playing but he dinked a little cross to the far post recently in a similar situation, and we scored, and it was the only option available. Home game about a month ago.
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Can't remember the team but Kolarov scored it
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Look, Kevin, yer can't come on here and keep telling us how fuckin' marvellous every touch yer had was! Get back to training! We've a semi comin' up!
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Fair play, I'm obviously a big KDB fan, but still some of his vision and passing I find mind blowing. I also acknowledge his weaknesses tbf, just refuse to mention them ;-)
 
I still can't get over his headed "assist" for Aguero away at Watford. It didn't actually lead to a goal, but it's an incredible bit of skill regardless.

 
KDBestplayerintheworld said:
Fair play, I'm obviously a big KDB fan, but still some of his vision and passing I find mind blowing. I also acknowledge his weaknesses tbf, just refuse to mention them ;-)
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Of course, yer right. I just wish he'd watch Nico Otters on the training ground and get a decent course in tackling!! But the vision! I keep saying still that when you watch David Silva it is still touch and go as to which way he's gonna go - with De Bruyne it's a case of anticipating where the ball is going! Just one of life's pities that they both aren't 21 years old.
 
Ric said:
I still can't get over his headed "assist" for Aguero away at Watford. It didn't actually lead to a goal, but it's an incredible bit of skill regardless.

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I clocked that as a piece of brilliance at the time - the way he cushions the header. What he has is that ability to play the game as though he's watching in the stand, and that's a good example. I haven't paid close enough attantion but I bet, like Lampard and Silva, his head is turning all round the pitch at all times as his brain takes in the positions of his team-mates. There's so much more to come from this guy as we integrate him better. I just know it.
 
Ric said:
I still can't get over his headed "assist" for Aguero away at Watford. It didn't actually lead to a goal, but it's an incredible bit of skill regardless.
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Yeah, that one was something else too ... I think it's vision rather than skill though. Of course you need the skill to head or pass the ball exactly where you want it, but most top PL players should be capable of doing that IF INSTRUCTED, the point is most players won't see that option. KDB usually does. That's why for me his more of a football genius than a superskill player.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
He's done this on several occasions now. His vision is utterly incredible and I know there is a whole lot more to come from him. Can't remember who we were playing but he dinked a little cross to the far post recently in a similar situation, and we scored, and it was the only option available. Home game about a month ago.
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mansour's tow ropes said:
Can't remember the team but Kolarov scored it
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Georgian Maestro said:
It was Kolorov v Southampton
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Nice work from Bony as well there.
 
KDBestplayerintheworld said:
Yeah, that one was something else too ... I think it's vision rather than skill though. Of course you need the skill to head or pass the ball exactly where you want it, but most top PL players should be capable of doing that IF INSTRUCTED, the point is most players won't see that option. KDB usually does. That's why for me his more of a football genius than a superskill player.
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I think it's intelligence and speed of thinking more than anything else. Given the ball at their feet, most premier league players could see that pass, but What Kev did that was special was see it and think quickly enough to improvise with his head to play the pass.

And of course the execution was flawless as well.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
He's done this on several occasions now. His vision is utterly incredible and I know there is a whole lot more to come from him. Can't remember who we were playing but he dinked a little cross to the far post recently in a similar situation, and we scored, and it was the only option available. Home game about a month ago.
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Southampton 28th November I believe
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I clocked that as a piece of brilliance at the time - the way he cushions the header. What he has is that ability to play the game as though he's watching in the stand, and that's a good example. I haven't paid close enough attantion but I bet, like Lampard and Silva, his head is turning all round the pitch at all times as his brain takes in the positions of his team-mates. There's so much more to come from this guy as we integrate him better. I just know it.
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He plays with wing mirrors......he's a joy to watch and will only get better with players around him that make the runs, he'll find them
 
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