Goal Assists

[Professor]

Although players are credited with goal assists and records are kept, a large number of such assists are simply a crossing of the ball into the penalty area in the hope that one striker or another will make something of it.  Most of the credit for a goal, rightly, will usually go to the scorer but sometimes the assist creates a chance that seemed very unlikely. There were two perfect examples in the game against Burnley.

Firstly, the subtle back-heel flick by Danny Ings that gave Stuart Armstrong the opening for his goal.  Quite rightly, that flick was praised by the pundits on MotD2.  The second was the lob over the defence by Theon Walcott to Nathan Redmond for the third goal.  Extremely quick thinking to avoid the mass of players in the goal mouth and accurately weighted to reach the unmarked Redmond on the other side of the goal.  

If there was an 'Assists of the Season' competition, for me, both of those assists  would be strong contenders and I'd find it hard to choose between them..   

[tajjuk]

The Walcott assist was the right decision but poor execution, the cross was hip high and behind Redmond, his excellent controlled finish made it look a lot better. 

[Toadhall Saint]

KDB would probably win it most seasons.

[skintsaint]

5 minutes ago, Professor said:

If there was an 'Assists of the Season' competition, for me, both of those assists  would be strong contenders and I'd find it hard to choose between them..

😄 you must be easily pleased.

[Teddeer]

2 minutes ago, tajjuk said:

The Walcott assist was the right decision but poor execution, the cross was hip high and behind Redmond, his excellent controlled finish made it look a lot better. 

Not sure how Theo could have got the ball to Redmond without lobbing it over defenders hence it was almost bound to reach him in the air - in the heat of the game it would have had to be pinpoint accurate to drop right at his favoured foot. It wasn't perfect but still very well executed.