His terrible pass to United’s Chris Rolfe set up the visitors’ lone goal by Alvaro Saborio in the 36th minute and his fabulous over-the-top feed to David Villa for game-winning was well, fabulous.
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City were on track for their third consecutive defeat in MLS as they trailed 1-0 at half-time but the expansion club equalised in the 51st minute with McNamara tapping in Poku’s cross, after the latter had rounded DC goalkeeper Bill Hamid. After a D.C. United turnover near midfield, Andrea Pirlo chipped over the defense and Villa beat two defenders to poke the ball into the back of the net. Poku drove into the box and dribbled past Hamid to his right before feeding the ball across the middle of the goal mouth to Tommy McNamara, who slotted it home.
While Villa and Pirlo were lifting NYCFC to a crucial win – they’re now one point back of Montreal and Orlando for the sixth and final playoff spot in the East – the team’s other European star, Frank Lampard, was unavailable once again. We have Andrea Pirlo who is brand new to the team.
As he noted, “It’s two teams involved – it’s not just us”.
“Spectacular”, Kreis said. “I think we can expect to see more of that”.
“We’ve won in different ways with different drama”, Olsen said. Rolfe rewarded Saborio with a ideal pass that he finished for his second goal in a United uniform.
“They have been talking to me a lot and been telling me what I can do and where I need to improve and what I can do to come into the team more”.
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“I needed to get forgiven for the bad pass that lead to the first goal”, Pirlo said. “But Villa was really good at picking up on it”. “We’ve been working really hard and thank God the fruits were there for us to reap tonight”. From that moment forward NYCFC controlled all aspects of the match, and for the first time in weeks they were the better club on the field without a doubt. Hes extremely unsafe when he gets the time and the space and he showed his ability today..
