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Jordan Pickford's water bottle is fraudulent in a good way.
Manchester City drew 1-1 in the 18th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in 2024-2025 season at 9:30 p.m. on the 26th (Korea time) at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. The draw has even unsettled Manchester City's sixth place. It is Manchester City with one approval in the last 13 games.
The game between Man City and Everton was a penalty kick in the 6th minute of the second half. Everton were buoyed after Pickford saved Elling Holan's penalty, and Man City, who fell into a slump, could not overcome the crisis in the end. The British edition of ESPN released a photo of Pickford's water bottle after the game, writing that "Pickford's water bottle contains all the information about Manchester City's penalty kicker". If you look closely at Pickford's water bottle picture, it was written that the players who took the penalty kick in Manchester City kicked to the left and right of the goal and the front of the goal.
When I zoomed in on the photo, there was information that Phil Foden's case was never filled in the middle. Looking at the direction of the penalty kick so far, 67% on the left and 33% on the right. There was also an analysis of Jeremy Doku, which was 80% on the left, 0% in the middle, and 20% on the right. It even contained information on penalties for Jack Grealish and Matteo Kovacic.
Naturally, it is assumed that there is also information about Holan. If you look back at the game, you can see Holan go to where the water bottle is and check the information before getting ready to kick the penalty. Pickford would then have rechecked where Holan mainly handles penalties.
Pickpodo was confident as he knew where Holan usually kicks when dealing with penalties.Prior to Holan's kick, Pickford would also mingle towards Holan and continue to move and engage in psychological warfare. Holan focused on the ball only, but Holan's kick was read correctly by Pickford. Pickford's save allowed Everton to take at least one point away from Manchester City.
Pickford is already famous for leaving penalty information for his opponents in water bottles. It is a habit of Pickford, who was known at the 2018 World Cup in Russia as he saved England from elimination from the penalty shootout. Pickford has also been very strong on penalties in Euro 2024 as he put England into the next round in the shootout.
Holan, who was properly beaten by Pickford, again squashed his pride. The penalty was also missed, leading to a longer scoreless streak. At the beginning of the season, Holan seemed to have booked the EPL's top scorer with an overwhelming scoring ability, but the gap with No. 1 Mohamed Salah widened to three goals.
Second place is also dangerous. Cole Palmer is closely trailing with 12 goals and continues to chase Holan with Alexander Isak, Matheus Cunha, Brian Mboumo and Chris Wood scoring more than 10 goals. If Holan's mod of humility does not disappear, the disgrace will likely continue.
rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com
