Jack and the Ox started the game tonight along with Danny Welbeck and while our new cerntre forward had another good game up front, it was the other two that put England in front, with Wilshere raking a beautiful long
diagonal ball which beat the Scotland defenders and allowed Chambo to deftly head it past Marshall in the Scotland goal.
Van Dijk may give an additional dimension to Liverpool's attack especially with his trademark
diagonal balls which can unleash speed demon Mo Salah to devastate opposition defences.
Not exact matches
He will also often have to track the player on the
ball as opposed to players making runs — this means less
diagonal coverage
which obviously adds to distance covered.
Apart from his fizzed pass to Mesut Ozil from the half - way line
which led to Arsenal's opener, Koscielny provided a sumptuous
diagonal ball to send Campbell in on goal, a chance
which the Costa Rican could have done better with.
Mine began with a long
diagonal ball from Nicolas Otamendi,
which was cushioned with perfection from Angel Di Maria.
The England striker has become much more intelligent in terms of his movement, often positioning himself in the channel on the opposite side to the
ball,
which has allowed Leicester — and particularly Danny Drinkwater — to locate him quickly with some excellent
diagonals.
They had chances and couldn't convert, we had fewer and took 2 of it, Sanogo had a good game, needs a lil more run in the side, could be a great alternative to giroud, loved his
diagonal runs,
which i haven't seen us do for a while, drew defenders away from our midfielders, probablythe reason ozil had a good game, i mean, Giroud loves to come in deep to get the
ball, i don't see the need for that, his link up play is not so good, neither can he dribble, like say a suarez or sturridge, so playing to ones strenght is better atimes, just stick to what you do best!
Then, when on the
ball himself, he can make
diagonal runs
which are so difficult to defend against, all while spaces are opening thanks to the runs made by his supremely talented attacking cohorts Marco Reus and Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang.