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I was just about to post those exact words.
I thought Tevez and Bernardo had the best first touches I’ve ever seen, I think Riyad has surpassed them!
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#26 | Riyad Mahrez - 2019/20 Performances
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I thought Tevez and Bernardo had the best first touches I’ve ever seen, I think Riyad has surpassed them!
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He kills every type of pass dead, from any distance. Pure class.I was just about to post those exact words.
I thought Tevez and Bernardo had the best first touches I’ve ever seen, I think Riyad has surpassed them!
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For a player that came through a French second division academy, who was signed by a Championship club, he’s one fine player!He kills every type of pass dead, from any distance. Pure class.
Well done to Leicester’s scouts, that is one hell of a scouting coup!
Nobody brings a ball down in football like Mahrez. Makes me smile every time he does it. Pure class.
Constantly makes things happen
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When he's not static, i.e. playing on the right in a 4-3-3, he's much more dangerous. 3-4-3 suits Mahrez a lot better coz he can be positioned more centrally due to overlapping RB but can also drift out wide and interchange positions with KDB and an overlapping RB.
The problem for him when we play 4-3-3 is that in this system our RB overlaps very rarely, thus, he's often left in static positions to combine with KDB and subsequently free up KDB who whips a cross in. Exception was probably Leicester at home where Chillwel gave him an acres of space to exploit and he was good even with nobody around him to combine with. When he's isolated and double marked on the right in a 4-3-3 his dribbling is too one dimensional (step overs and always cutting on his left), thus, he struggles often.
The problem for him when we play 4-3-3 is that in this system our RB overlaps very rarely, thus, he's often left in static positions to combine with KDB and subsequently free up KDB who whips a cross in. Exception was probably Leicester at home where Chillwel gave him an acres of space to exploit and he was good even with nobody around him to combine with. When he's isolated and double marked on the right in a 4-3-3 his dribbling is too one dimensional (step overs and always cutting on his left), thus, he struggles often.
Worth pointing out that just like at Villa, he was the guy who made the breakthrough after we'd been playing nice football with no end product for 30 minutes.
Wouldn't have been surprised if we had run up another scoreline if the penalty had been converted and Sheffield United had to attack as well as defend for 70 minutes rather than 20.
Wouldn't have been surprised if we had run up another scoreline if the penalty had been converted and Sheffield United had to attack as well as defend for 70 minutes rather than 20.
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Would love to know how many defenders he has sat on their arse this season.
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There isn't a player in world football with a better first touch. I'm confident he could bring a safe down lightly.
There isn't a player in world football with a better first touch. I'm confident he could bring a safe down lightly.
I don´t know about others,but there is one guy in Barcelona who probably has better touch
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