#6 Unlucky miss(es)
(a) Salomón Rondón (vs. West Ham United)
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A long ball was headed down into the path of Salomon Rondon nicely by Matt Phillips, who won a key aerial battle with two West Ham defenders. Rondon welcomed the opportunity with a lovely first touch before smashing it at goal – only to see it come hard off the post.
The South American’s strike was powerful but just a couple of inches from doubling the visitors’ lead, which could have written a different end to the story of the match.
(b) Leroy Sane (vs. Bournemouth)
The Manchester City winger saw his shot come off the edge of the crossbar just a few minutes before the end of regular time.
Earlier, the Citizens’ number 19 was involved in a build-up play with Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling before the latter’s effort was blocked by Steve Cook. However, his headed clearance landed at the foot of Tyrone Mings, who was certainly having a bad day at work.
Mings dallied on the ball and was intercepted by Sane at the edge of the box and the German swiftly breezed past the Cherries defence to take a shot.
Unfortunately, though the keeper was well beaten, the hit ricocheted off the top of the bar.
