Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ Brighton & Hove Albion | 2018-2019

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Originally Posted by Perseus

As I said last year. I agree.

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I meant particularly for TM, but I agree for both club and country.

Premier League
SAT 19 Jan 2019 15:00 UT

Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Venue: Old Trafford

Manchester U 2 Brighton & HA 1

Audio + extended highlights

The class of Pogba (penalty) and Rashford made all the difference as United cruised into a deserved 2-0 first half lead, The second half was even until Pascal Groß pulled back a neat goal from open play and the late flourish could have brought an equaliser as Albion went close. The United full backs of Dalot and Ashley Young baulked any advances by the ineffectual Albion wide men of Solly March and the more central Locadia. Duffy headed an inch over the bar very late on with deGea beaten.

I expect both teams learned about their players after this close game.

For our BHA friends: Jahanbakhsh scored a very important goal for Iran today in the Asian Cup Round of 16 match vs Oman! He was a bit shaky before the goal, but played much better after the goal. Hope this gives him a boost for BHA as well.

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The physicality and pounce on that goal screamed of someone training and playing in the prem for me. Well done Ali.

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Originally Posted by pres80

The physicality and pounce on that goal screamed of someone training and playing in the prem for me. Well done Ali.

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Must have been a scary start!

Operating in the striker role, swops with Mehdi Taremi

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Originally Posted by Perseus

Must have been a scary start!

Operating in the striker role, swops with Mehdi Taremi

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Thankfully I missed the start of the match!

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Originally Posted by pres80

The physicality and pounce on that goal screamed of someone training and playing in the prem for me. Well done Ali.

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Precisely my thoughts!

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Originally Posted by pres80

The physicality and pounce on that goal screamed of someone training and playing in the prem for me. Well done Ali.

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Not only that goal but also the counter attack we had where he lofted the ball to Sardar, with Taremi trying the chip. At the beginning of it Jahanbakhsh muscles off an omani player trying to track him down; all i could think of was 'damn thats what training at PL level helped him develop'

Apart from higher fitness, I think the demand for really quick and precise ball control is something thats really huge in the PL. It seemed like he's been working on that a lot too because several times I noticed him manipulate the ball really smoothly under pressure.

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Originally Posted by TM4LIFE

Not only that goal but also the counter attack we had where he lofted the ball to Sardar, with Taremi trying the chip. At the beginning of it Jahanbakhsh muscles off an omani player trying to track him down; all i could think of was 'damn thats what training at PL level helped him develop'

Apart from higher fitness, I think the demand for really quick and precise ball control is something thats really huge in the PL. It seemed like he's been working on that a lot too because several times I noticed him manipulate the ball really smoothly under pressure.

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All the foreign players coming in have struggled a bit at first.