David Luiz has been called a lot of things, but a shapeshifter isn’t one of them.
However, according to Garth Crooks at least, the Brazilian managed to take the form of Cesc Fà bregas during the second half of Chelsea’s 3-1 Premier League victory over Manchester City on Saturday.
That’s the only explanation we can find for Crooks praising the Brazilian for a pass played by his Blues teammate to help lay on Diego Costa’s equaliser at the weekend.
Garth Crooks thinks David Luiz played Fabregas' pass for Diego Costa's goal and has written three paragraphs on it. (cc: @GarthCrooksTOTW) pic.twitter.com/SO2iykdbk9
— Ben Page (@PageB95) December 5, 2016
‘I even played with defenders who would not have given a moment’s thought to attempting such an adventurous manoeuvre for fear of ridicule,’ Crooks writes.
We’re sure Luiz wouldn’t have been concerned about being ridiculed for that particular pass – after all, he could have just blamed Fà bregas if it had gone wrong. You know, because the Spaniard was the one who actually played the pass.
No word yet on whether Crooks admires Luiz for the time he took the ball past several England players to score at the 1986 World Cup, or the time he showed phenomenal reactions to tip that Pele header over the bar.
The BBC have since updated Crooks’ post to remove all mention of the Moore-esque pass, though they’ve left in the suggestion that it took ‘an excellent finish’ to beat Blues goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
In fairness, the finish was impressive. It was also accidental, coming as it did from the boot of Courtois’ colleague Gary Cahill.
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