This is silky in Simon Mignolet’s world.
The Liverpool goalkeeper could be forgiven for feeling a bit of pressure, what with all the pressure he puts himself under.
He’s made a few mistakes in his time, he’s divided opinion amongst Liverpool fans, and he was picked to man the goals in the frightening Signal Iduna Park in the Europa League quarter-finals. It’s a lot of responsibility for one man, no less Simon Mignolet.
But the Belgian had no fear of the Borussia Dortmund crowd or the pace of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. In fact, he thrived off it.
Early on, he put down a marker of his self-confidence when he sold the French-born striker humiliatingly with a big dummy.
Simon Mignolet sending Aubameyang shopping 🔥🔥🔥https://t.co/HENweerjXZ
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It wasn’t the most graceful footwork we’ve ever seen but it was enough to send Aubameyang sliding in the wrong direction and start a fantastic half of football for Liverpool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dA9D4gnd4Q
And if the skill wasn’t going to work, you had Dejan Lovren’s violent ignorance to set the tone.
If Lovren can't head the ball right, he'll head you in the face pic.twitter.com/7Tr6mFzsYm
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It seemed to work anyway.
Finishing like Sturridge, only Origi didn't fall over and rule himself out for six weeks in the process. pic.twitter.com/PHspjC6zlI
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) April 7, 2016
