Kaoru Mitoma is what Brighton have been crying out for – a matchwinner
New York TimesBrighton & Hove Albion have needed a matchwinner for years. Those first few steps are so fast,” said Union Saint-Gilloise defender Christian Burgess, a team-mate of Mitoma’s during his season on loan in Belgium a year ago. As shown at Everton, Mitoma selects shots well — 87.5 per cent of his shots have been inside the box in all competitions and he shoots from closer to goal than 95 per cent of Premier League wingers/attacking midfielders. Goalscoring variety Mitoma’s first Premier League goal was not a typical winger’s finish — a header from a cross. Instead, Mitoma recycles possession and moves into the box, meeting Jeremy Sarmiento’s inswinging cross… … leaning backwards, he loops a header into the top-left corner — a finish a No 9 would be proud of.
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