| Players like … on 23:04 - Nov 6 by RichardO | Prepared to turn with the ball on the edge of the box instead of playing "safe" ball back to whoever, instead drew defender into challenge and luckily ball fell to Manning as he pushed on into the box. You make your own luck. |
Even if you are playing safe every time, which I think we’re far less guilty of now than we used to be, you need a player like that who will take chances, sometimes lose possession, but sometimes open things up. Work rate off the ball seems reasonable to me. He did look out of position quite often. That’s a more valid reason than losing the ball trying to make things happen. |  |