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When you go to the lengths Kane did, and balance that with the reports of a huge row between himself and Levy, i think it was a fairly high chance Kane would be a totally disgruntled player.
Maybe Im judging the chances wrong based on who I watch. As in just us and the best teams. The crap players in the league must be bringing the xG down for a chance like Son got. It seemed a simple finish for a good player though.
From my understanding, xG takes a lot of variables into consideration including where the player was at when the pass was made. Look at where Son was when the pass was made. He was about 35 out sandwiched between two players and had to beat them to the ball.
Maybe they do take all those things into account, as when he shot the ball, it was a pretty simple finish for any decent winger/striker.From my understanding, xG takes a lot of variables into consideration including where the player was at when the pass was made. Look at where Son was when the pass was made. He was about 35 out sandwiched between two players and had to beat them to the ball.
Then, running at full speed and shot from a tight angle and off balanced
Most players might not even got to the ball and/or not hit the target.
No, I don't think it was simple honestly. He was running outwards and away from the goal to get to the ball. Then running at full speed, had to adjust his body to try to square a shot on goal. Could he have scored from there? Yeah sure. But in no way was that a high xG opportunity
Yeah you're not really going to score from where Son was unless you shoot with your left foot and have a little bit of curve on it. Or unless you blast one through the keepers face.
Yea, probably not a high xG based on the average player. But for a player who is better than average, i was really expecting a goal there with the ball ending up in the bottom left corner. Instead their goalie saved with his feet. Was mediocre/average finishing.
What is xG?
Very simply, xG (or expected goals) is the probability that a shot will result in a goal based on the characteristics of that shot and the events leading up to it. Some of these characteristics/variables include:
- Location of shooter: How far was it from the goal and at what angle on the pitch?
- Body part: Was it a header or off the shooter's foot?
- Type of pass: Was it from a through ball, cross, set piece, etc?
- Type of attack: Was it from an established possession? Was it off a rebound? Did the defense have time to get in position? Did it follow a dribble?
Back on your good old pedantic high horse defending Levy as per usual.The man constantly accused of "selling all our best players the first chance he gets" didn't have the balls to sell Kane.
I would say 'you couldn't make it up', but you clearly have.
