THIERRY HENRY left fans stunned as he broke down Amad Diallo’s dramatic winner in the Manchester derby.
Manchester United produced an incredible comeback with two goals in three minutes to steal all three points at the Etihad.
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Amad was the hero as he won the penalty Bruno Fernandes scored from before snatching a winner with an audacious piece of skill.
But fans were just as impressed with Henry’s analysis of how he was able to find the back of the next as he appeared on Monday Night Football.
Henry, 47, explained Amad was only able to reach Lisandro Martinez’s long pass forward because he stopped looking at the ball as it sailed over his shoulder.
That meant the winger could focus on reaching where the ball was going to land, before he instinctively flicked the ball past Ederson as slotted home with a little help from Josko Gvardiol mistiming his attempted block.
Henry said: “I didn’t think United would score. [Amad] goes early but he checks to see if he’s offside, he’s never going to be offside because Ruben Dias is covering.
“But he does something very important. When that ball goes over his head, if he carries on looking at the ball he will never get it but he stops looking at it and looks at where the ball is going to bounce that’s the only way he could get the ball.
“He knows he will get it only after the bounce. If he looks at it he will lose it.”
Henry’s insight is no surprise given he scored 401 career goals, but fans were still impressed that he spotted Amad’s subtle adjustment.
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One fan said: “How’s Henry spotted that on the Amad goal? Wow, incredible.
Another added: “Love seeing Henry’s analysis – always insightful.”
And a third wrote: “There is no better analyst than Henry, could listen to him all day.”
