
That was pretty amazing though, even if he likely reacted to the ball rather than planned that shot.
Having seen Cavani play in person at the World Cup this year, I was impressed with how much of a
complete waste of flesh he was next to Diego Forlan. He never got his positioning right. He was pointless with the ball. He was a ready sub and not someone you would ever want to play above Suarez or Forlan.
He's clearly doing something right in Serie A this year and has found his form. But if you pick apart his goals, what he did well was clinically finish in the way Trez would for us when you needed it. It was all about setting him up as the open man for the shot, as he had acres of space in his first two goals and his third was a clear sweet cross from Hamsik.
His hattrick shouldn't be dismissed, as they were all good finishes. But his hattrick was mostly about the assists he got.