That Rashford assist
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Thanks for the videos. Man, I miss football.
Amazing assist from Rashford but this is just false. Berbatov's is so famous because it seems like he literally invented it on the spot, I'd never seen a move like that before and it was named after him. Elasticos have been done far before Rashford
It's a great example of how often the run off the ball is the most important contribution to a goal. Here it's more significant than Lukaku progressing with the ball, his cross, Rashford's header (deft as it is) or Pogba's finish. The goal comes from the run.
They call it Berbaturn because it was nothing we've ever seen before.
Rashford is brilliant, but berba's will always go down as one of the best moments of brilliance in football.
Rashford is brilliant, but berba's will always go down as one of the best moments of brilliance in football.
Rashford is ours 
Nani's against Arsenal beats them all IMO.
Awesome thread, thanks mates.
Lukaku's one of the weirdest players we've ever had, how is his crossing so much better than his finishing
Agree with this, I've never seen a better assist than that
Lukaku was ridiculously good at crossing. Remember the extended period when he seemed to be the only player we had that could cross? He was shit at most other things, but he put in some wonderful crosses for us.
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Should have kept his leaner physique and continued playing as a wide forward, receiving the ball in more space (protecting his shaky first touch), running at defences, and playing in/crossing for another CF.
Although I hear he's doing well for Inter so maybe Mourinho just ruined him.
So true it was crazy. Literally wanted him to play on the wing to for that reason alone they way the other guys were atrocious.
Today still we not blessed with crossers of the ball, but it's a bit better.
That is football though isn't it? Many times I (and no doubt many others) have come out of a match or finished one on TV, and the moments that stay with me are not the goals, but little moments of play, a dribble that lead to nothing, a fantastic piece of control and imagination. The difficulty of scoring in football elevates those moments. That whole concept is why I believe it has taken so long for football to stick in the US, as spectators they have struggled to feel the joy in those moments, their sporting culture is stat and scoring based, there are few metrics to measure the joy of beautiful failure in football.
How about this from Martial against Madrid? (I know not a competitive match but still)
Yep that's brilliant!
Him spinning Carvajal inside out like that Damn near made my jaw drop in real time
, so filthy.If we're talking about Martial this might be one of the best assists I've seen in the last few seasons
Him and Rashford are so skillful technically with the ball at their feet
Yea, it was amazing. So silky.Him spinning Carvajal inside out like that Damn near made my jaw drop in real time
If we're talking about Martial this might be one of the best assists I've seen in the last few seasons
Him and Rashford are so skillful technically with the ball at their feet
Absolute filth.Him spinning Carvajal inside out like that Damn near made my jaw drop in real time
If we're talking about Martial this might be one of the best assists I've seen in the last few seasons
Him and Rashford are so skillful technically with the ball at their feet
Shoutout to Lukaku for that fine cross. Beautiful goal overall
The Platonic ideal of a Martial dribble
My memory is very bad... who did he score against after dribbling past a few defenders at absolute full speed and full stretch this season? It's in all his highlight videos at the moment, just managing to get his toe to the ball ahead of a different defender two times in a row before managing to just tip it past the keeper. It looked less majestic than some of his best dribbles because he was less in control but I think it was probably one of his best ever because if he had made a single one of those touches even slightly differently he wouldn't have got through, and he did it all at full pace. It takes a few views from a few angles to even make out how exactly he did it. Anyone help me out here?
Partizan in the EL maybe?The Platonic ideal of a Martial dribble
My memory is very bad... who did he score against after dribbling past a few defenders at absolute full speed and full stretch this season? It's in all his highlight videos at the moment, just managing to get his toe to the ball ahead of a different defender two times in a row before managing to just tip it past the keeper. It looked less majestic than some of his best dribbles because he was less in control but I think it was probably one of his best ever because if he had made a single one of those touches even slightly differently he wouldn't have got through, and he did it all at full pace. It takes a few views from a few angles to even make out how exactly he did it. Anyone help me out here?
That's the one, cheers. 0:53 for the goal. The shot and the three touches before it are all absolutely exquisite, and all had to be.
Just re-encountered this from Mata and thought it might be worth resurrecting this unofficial filthy assist thread...
So Berbatovs move is better because he was the first one to do it? I think Berbatovs was better because it was more aesthetically pleasing than Rashfords move.
More so for me that it was not only more aesthetically pleasing, but that there's a good chance he thought of it and executed it perfectly in a split second.