Álvaro Morata

[the wes 7,212]

 

[Henrique 9,133]

There is no better heading player in the world than Morata. I think he is even better than Ronaldo in this aspect. His goal against United was easily one of the best header goals I've ever seen.

[Leif 6,006]

I can't remember which header of his it was this season, but (apparently) 1 of them has been rated as the highest leap for a scored header in Premier League history. He is indeed special.

Could be #fakenews consider Ronaldo/Giroud have had some damn high jumps, and i'm struggling to find the source. We can believe, though.

[Stats 7,054]

19 minutes ago, Leif said:

I can't remember which header of his it was this season, but 1 of them has been rated as the highest leap for a scored header in Premier League history. He is indeed special.

Most probably was Leicester. Was amazing they way he leaped over a tank of a defender like Morgan to score that.

[Jase 43,479]

Needless of Conte to bring Morata on against Qarabag. But since he did, that was a strange performance from Morata. Would think he would have played with big confidence given his recent form but ended up playing like Torres. Could and should have scored a few goals tonight. Hope he brings his A-game on Saturday!

[Blusan Alamb 295]

If his feet were as good as his head...

[BlueLyon 9,359]

If he was able to finish off those chances in front of goal with feet, he would be at around 15-20 goals in all comps by now.

He is quite shocking in 1v1 with feet, the fact he still scored so many goals hides that, but has to improve massively.

Games for now have been quite simple, since there was always next time to improve, but knockout stages will have two games and Morata will simply get that one chance and he needs to score or we will be in trouble. Though that can be solved eventualy if we bring another poacher and play 2 upfront in future seasons if it doesnt work out with Morata as lone striker.

Linkup and headers are amazing though, fantastic when it comes to that.

[LAM09 6,744]

If his feet were as good as his head...

Don't think I ever seen that been said about a CF before. Some of the chances he misses completely are unbelievable.

[El P. 1,354]

Hope I am wrong, but this what he does with his feet when in clear chance doesn't look like something you can just fix with more playing time, or with being in better form.

Looks like wrong mentality, wrong way of thinking, lack of agility, no calmness and no composure at all. REALLY hoping I am wrong and that he can fix it, and that he can produce display like against Stoke City more often. If he doesn't, well, can't see him being top striker, ever.

PS, talk about getting another striker to play two upfront? That would be a disaster for this team, our players are too hard to integrate in first XI even now, with all those deficiencies (Fabregas, Bakayoko, wingbacks,...), we CAN'T afford another player that would need tweaking things up, just so he could work out. Playing two upfront would mean bye bye Fabregas from our starting XI and Hazard playing more like attacking midfielder - not second striker as he is now playing.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Always did say he isn’t clinical enough, it’s one thing Lukaku is better at - but he can improve. He needs to do extra finishing work at training, especially finishing after relatively long (or bursts of) dribbles. 

He gets himself into excellent positions. Better off the ball movement than I thought. 

[Beigl 1,387]

Always did say he isn’t clinical enough, it’s one thing Lukaku is better at - but he can improve. He needs to do extra finishing work at training, especially finishing after relatively long (or bursts of) dribbles. 

He hets himself into excellent positions. Better off the ball movement than I thought. 

That's a fair assessment. Morata should be more lethal especially in 1 vs 1 situations. Sometimes he unnecessarily complicates his chance to score a goal, because he wants to skin the defender a second time, which gives the defender time to recover.

 

On the other hand Lukaku is quite wasteful as well, so neither of them belong in the top tier when it comes to finishing.

 

 

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[Blusan Alamb 295]

Looked totally out of sync.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

He is so unlucky at times its not even funny.just not a born finisher. Brilliant player tho. We would not have won e.g. A bournemouth if not for his great work. But he needs to learn how to score dirty and easy striker goals.

[Styles 9,790]

I thought he was very good. His hold up & link up play is a million levels above what Costa was giving us last season.

Just before Willan's goal, Morata picked up the ball deep, turned his man and played a smart pass to Hazard who found Willian. That donkey Costa simply couldn't do that.

Really smart player.

 

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

No danger in front of a goal, f*cked up great counterattack, worst pass accuracy than any other player on the pitch. Also should've done better after some decent crosses. He's been poor, those "link up" excuses are laughable.

[Jase 43,479]

Really don't get Morata at the moment. One game, he plays like a prime Drogba - e.g. against United - and the next, he plays like Torres.

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Really don't get Morata at the moment. One game, he plays like a prime Drogba - e.g. against United - and the next, he plays like Torres.

he was falling all over the place tonight 

[LAM09 6,744]

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

Really don't get Morata at the moment. One game, he plays like a prime Drogba - e.g. against United - and the next, he plays like Torres.

Doesn't know what it's like to deliver on a consist basis.