the pass was the least contributing on that goal out of: 1. Bonuccis long ball to Sandro 2. Sandros cross 3. Higgys "assist" 4. Mandzukics wonder goal. the pass did nothing for us. he didnt set up Mandzukic for a open shot. he didnt put him through to a 1on1 with the keeper, he didnt do nothing other than pass it to Mandzukic, who was instantly covered by 2 players and had to shoot over them. its only an "assist" because Higgy was the last one to touch the ball before Mario, but the Mandzukic pass to Dybala in the Barcelona game for example (which wasnt counted as an assist due to ball touching some Barcelona defender) is much more deserving of being called an assist than the Higuain one