Philippe Coutinho

[dom9]

Which goes back to my earlier point, that if people were comparing his consistency to the world's best, then they would maybe have an argument, but to question if he's good enough to be starting for an 8th place PL team when he's played such a key role in even reaching these finals in the first place, is utterly ridiculous.

Yes, I wasn't disagreeing with you.

[labourRed]

Back on topic this photo /swoon

[RedReet]

He's away celebrating already.

[redmike65]

That's what, 24/25 yards out? If Zlatan had scored that the papers would put out a special edition!

[Assassin]

That's what, 24/25 yards out? If Zlatan had scored that the papers would put out a special edition!

The Daily Manc would have run it for a week

[Parm]

Hopefully this is the start of a mature new phase of consistent performance rather than another random excellent performance. I think the team setup seems better for him now which should help.

agree mate, he's been here for a long time now and isn't a kid anymore, he has a lot of attacking talent around him to complement his skill set and he should now be seeing himself as one of the go to guys-he should be aiming for double figures in assists and goals this season and regularly being involved in our attacking game and not flit in and out of games. High hopes for him.

[Parm]

Back on topic this photo /swoon

just a perfect free kick, the arc on in it and the way it was laser guided into the back, not touching anything or Cech on the way in was visually perfect.

[BigChief]

Was that a better effort than Suarez's nearly-goal against Arsenal (apart from actually going in, duh!)?

[Patricks_Berger]

Was that a better effort than Suarez's nearly-goal against Arsenal (apart from actually going in, duh!)?

Nah the Suarez one was a missile and hit on the turn - if that had gone in it would of been better and goal of the season too.

Saying that takes nothing away from Coutinho's goal - both outstanding play.

[Slinky Skills]

That's what, 24/25 yards out? If Zlatan had scored that the papers would put out a special edition!

35 yards out I believe.

[Muddled]

I'll go in the middle: 30 yards.

[Fivex]

30.1 yards.

[danperkins]

He did go missing in both the cup finals last season.

he did, looked burnt out towards end of season.

[baitman]

as the ball comes up into view over the wall cech sees it going from left to right and towards the centre.
then the curve kicks in and it starts to swing from right to left and goes in the top corner.

[chadrtc]

Each square on the turf is 6 yards, Phil strikes it from the edge of the 5th square - 30 yards.

Eat my goal.