carlito'sway
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I don't think Mustafi should be entirely blamed for Swansea's second goal. Mustafi sees Xhaka closing in on the goalscorer so drops deeper thinking Xhaka has it covered. However, Xhaka realizes the amount of space Swansea players had on the edge of our 18 and tries to cover the area without telling Mustafi to mark the goalscorer. It's just a colossal miscommunication and these are the simple errors we need to cut out of our game in a league as competitive as this. Here is the goal: https://my.mixtape.moe/cpzkog.mp4
It should also be noted that Cazorla would be covering the edge of our 18 but had to go wide because Iwobi was late in supporting Monreal.
Agree on the Iwobi not supporting Monreal causing Santi to shift in support. Having said that, Mustafi left too much space to the forward he was covering. He acknowledged his mistake immediately. The goal could have avoided if he was just closer to him.