Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Neither were available though and their replacement made a great contribution to the team's clean sheet. Obviously Saka is always going to be a difficult customer for any defender and he would have felt that he had the upper hand over Dan before this game. He got past a couple of times, but nothing was ever easy for him. In the second of your examples, his cross was overhit because it was made whilst BDB was making a recovering challenge. Burn was also back to make blocks or covers for his teammates on several occasions. My only criticism would be the one he made of himself: He should have buried that header.
Agree with you. I thought he had a very good game against a top quality opponent. Saka is always going to get through once or twice, he's obviously quicker than Burn. But BDB he showed he's improved his game, as he didn't hack him down for a penalty like he did against Traore a while ago (in almost the exact same spot on the pitch)