Mateo Kovačić supplied one of the silkiest through-balls you will see in FIFAesque fashion Monday night in Liverpool. Kova came off the bench in the 75′ with Man City down 2-1 to Everton. However, immediately following Everton’s final goal of the match to make it 3-1, Kova fired a perfect through-ball seconds after the kickoff, finding Haaland on the break.
The angle from the camera doesn’t do the pass justice but in real time it was magic. With the draw, City are now in trouble as they trail Arsenal by 5 points with four matches remaining in the season. Good to see Kova out there again!
Another 20 minutes or so for Kovacic, hopefully he gets more playing time in the coming weeks.
Great pass for Haaland to score, however partially at fault with the Everton third goal a minute earlier when he got easily pushed of the ball when trying to stop an Everton counter.
According to the media, Dalic by next Monday has to provide a list of minimum 35 and maximum 55 players for the WC to FIFA. HNS is not obliged to provide the media with the list, however they did so for the last WC when Dalic initially named 35 players.
The final squad has to be between 23 and 26 players and has to be in to FIFA by 1 June.
That was the typical lethal Kovacic shot @ 10:42. Yikes.
Incredible pass