Jamie Redknapp pinpoints Xhaka's clever move to give Lacazette time and space to fire opener

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Jamie Redknapp pinpoints Xhaka's clever move to give Lacazette time and space to fire opener

"It's a poor piece of play by Serge Aurier, not a great header, he gets up too slowly, it's a poor touch and he needs to win the tackle. He doesn't win it and the ball falls to Lacazette, who just hits that so well.

"It's just pure, everything you'd want in a strike. The technique is good, he gets his head over the ball, it's just unstoppable. A beautiful strike.

"The ball came to him so quickly. Granit Xhaka does him a favour as he just gets in the way of Aurier.

"He just steps across him, that buys Lacazette a fraction of a second to get a shot away, otherwise Aurier might have been able to get back to slide tackle. He hits it so hard, no chance for the goalkeeper."

Alexandre Lacazette has managed 2 successive away Premier League goals for the first time since Oct-Nov 2017.

He didn't score in 14 previous away appearances on the road this season.

The Frenchman has now registered 9 goals and 3 assists in the Premier League this term with 3 more games left to play.

AuthorEvgeniy KozhemiakoSourceSky Sports
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