That’s the thing. I can’t speak for everyone but I personally don’t think he had a bad game. His all round play was good. It’s just that he seems to wilt in the big moments when a top striker should finish.Can't believe people actually think he had a bad game.
Don't agree here. Dumfries didn't get enough separation from his defender to make it the safe option. What he needed was a better 1 on 1 finish.Not Passing to Dumfries was a big mistake, this kind of mistakes costed us CL last year.
Well, Dumfries isn't even an option here
If he squares this the defender is getting it. If he plays it into space Dumfries is at a wide angle getting smothered by Oblak.
He would have either had to ping it to him or play it through, putting Dumfries in a worse angle than he is. He could have played it sooner to him if he wanted, but I still don’t think it would be a higher percentage of scoring from that position. Lautaro hesitated in his 1v1 against a keeper who is very good at 1v1s.Dumfries would run where the pass would be, why the hell he would ran on straight line, watch video, defender was not closing dumfries, until he stopped.
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