Stop that.
Juan Mata never feared the “How’s your touch” cries on the school ground whenever balls were falling from the sky in his direction.
Because he seemingly has sandbags in his boots that just stops them dead.
The Manchester United attacking midfielder – and resident nice guy – treated Old Trafford to a simply sublime first touch during their 3-0 victory over Ipswich in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday night.
He plays a clever, teasing pass inside that the ‘keeper gets on top of but that touch… my God, that touch.
The Spaniard just traps a cross-field ball beneath his feet with frightening command and goes about the rest of his day as it was nothing.
