Sunday, March 05, 2017

The Beautiful Game

No, I have to take Kun off the header. I watched the goal and PAUSE: I've been watching City so long that I know who the players are without seeing their faces or numbers, just by the way they play, their stride, their passes...UNPAUSE. that was a tap-in set up by 1. The gamboling Ivorian, Yaya Toure. Yaya made a deft pass under pressure from the midfield circle to...2. David "Silky" Silva, just out of and to the right of the circle. David did what David does best, has done for years, penetrates the defense, drawing defenders away from City's strikers-Kun, the beneficiary of all this, has just broken free, his defender already distracted by David-David then drops a nuanced, silky smooth ball onto the feet of, in this case...3. Raheem Sterling, who is racing down the goalkeeper's left side just ahead of the circle. City's attack cone narrows in on goal, Kun has broken there, and Raheem closes in on the goalkeeper's left and drops a subtle perfectly-timed ball...4. onto Kun's toe, who with lightening-quick reflexes, taps the ball in.

With Vincent Kompany, Yaya Toure, David Silva, and Sergio Aguero, are the greatest Manchester City players of all-time, and that is just gorgeous football.