I enjoyed how on MOTD, Wayne Rooney tried to ask, "could Raya have done better? Could he have moved his feet quicker?" And Joe Hart was immediately like, "No," then analyzed the video of the free kick and said, "Sometimes, as a goalkeeper, you just have to accept that it's a world-class free kick."
It was genuinely pretty much the perfect free-kick. He got lovely whip and bend on it to push it out of Raya’s reach and hit it so hard and fast that there was barely any time to react. I genuinely didn’t even immediately clock he’d scored for a split second because of how fast it hit the net.
As soon as I saw the distance I knew it was going in, I’ve watched him strike for a few years and felt it was perfect for him and low and behold 😢
Yeah, I think @arseblog.com said he would’ve preferred it being a bit closer. Felt the distance might suit him. And so it proved.