Why are Premier League forwards increasingly choosing one of football’s most difficult shots?
“… It’s a quirk we seem to be enjoying more regularly — the one where players shoot from a wide angle and, just when they look nailed on to whip an effort into the far corner, they swiftly reverse the shot to the near post — wrong-footing just about everyone in the stadium. … Let’s go straight into the tape. In this first instance, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah comes inside against Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko, his body shape — and the large area of the goal uncovered — suggests he will shoot across David Raya (black arrow), but he swiftly pivots to close his body and strike through the ball towards the smaller area at Raya’s near post (white arrow). …”
The Athletic