When you see Thiago Alcantara’s fantastic goals from long range, the only surprise is that there aren’t more of them. It feels like a player of his quality should be delivering them on a weekly basis.
The most recent was delivered in Liverpool’s 4-1 friendly win over AC Milan, and in one sense it was similar to one he scored last season. He’d also already come close against the Italian side with a similar opportunity 16 minutes before he scored, firing narrowly wide after being teed up by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Later, with Milan unable to properly clear the danger following a corner, the ball reached Thiago in the ‘D’ on the edge of the penalty area. With a touch to steady himself, the midfielder lashed a fine drive into the bottom corner.
