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Premier League 2022-23 .How reliant are sides on crosses as a way to get the ball into the box?
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30/9/2022·r/reddevils
Dispari7y
And even a couple years ago when we had the Rashford/Martial/Greenwood front 3, I remember questioning why so many people were adamant we should be crossing the ball more - none of them were particularly good aerially, and Rashford's missed an absurd amount of free headers from 6 yards out to the point that there's hardly any point even trying to get him in those situations. If you've got Ronaldo or someone who's aerially dominant up top then by all means fire in all the crosses you like, but 'why are we not crossing it???' is bizarre to read when you've got players up top who look like they're scared of heading the ball and who prefer it at their feet.
killerdrama
Rashfords missed header vs Newcastle at home a few years back is the stuff of nightmares. We came back 3-2 eventually but I still to this day cannot understand how he hasn't worked on that aspect of his game.
HotDiver123
Rooney in his teens was woeful at heading and by the time he was in his mid 20s, he had improved that game so much that it felt like half his goals were headers from Valencia's crosses.
Inclined to say the immediate one I thought of was in the 1-0 against Leicester where he scored early on, horrific.
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I was hoping Ronaldo would give a masterclass.
But he hasn't received much service for headers either.