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Daizen Maeda, who joined Premier League side Ipswich Town from Celtic this summer, scored his first Premier League goal in the away match against league leaders Manchester City on Matchday 7, played locally on October 17. Trailing 1-0 in the 21st minute, he broke in behind the defense and drilled a left-footed shot to level the score. Since his move, Maeda had been getting playing time but struggling to find the net, so the thread was split between celebration and harsh verdicts like “he’s just not cutting it technically in the Premier League,” with the discussion spreading into comparisons with Ao Tanaka, who’s also adjusting to a new league this season at Leeds.
In Premier League Matchday 7, played locally on October 17, Ipswich Town — who signed Daizen Maeda from Celtic this summer — took on mighty Manchester City away at the Etihad.
Maeda, starting the match, scored his first ever Premier League goal.
Down 1-0 in the 21st minute, he ran onto a pass from behind the defense and struck a left-footed shot home to level the match.
Source: soccerdigestweb.com / Original article here
What people said
Maeda's incredible
But Maeda's actual play hasn't really been cutting it in the Premier League
He can't seem to beat out Enciso
Maeda's technique is poor and his shooting itself isn't great either
He's just fast
Maeda's gotten bad reviews in every Premier League match so far
Guess the Scottish league really is like a 4th-tier competition after all
and took down Arsenal's Saka and Rice, getting rave reviews 😘 wow ("wow/ワオ" is a mocking nickname fans use for Tanaka's hype)
And then he screws it up at the crucial moment
Rice's been singling out Tanaka for praise for a while now
And sure enough, Tanaka went and shut Rice down, keeping Arsenal to a clean sheet
Rice has got a good eye for talent
Tanaka's just better
And he's a defensive midfielder, so he's stuck deeper with way fewer scoring chances to begin with
If anything, he'd get run out of town for NOT scoring
Don't spread fake news, Dortmund fanboy (likely a Haaland supporter)
Tanaka makes fewer mistakes than most other players
Haters are just jealous he's doing too well, so they're running a smear campaign
Nice, you clearly know how to use that correctly
Exactly the opposite
There's clear data showing the defense gets stronger, concedes fewer goals, and the win rate goes up with Tanaka on the pitch
And that's from legit overseas expert sources too
Tanaka has the best win rate on Leeds
Those are Championship-only numbers, nice try (lol)
Guess the team's finally figured out how to use Maeda
Highlights will be up on YouTube tomorrow, so poor folks just gotta wait, lol
Re: #1
Longer clip of Maeda's goal
includes a different angle
https://x.com/Fooootest/status/2111466824571535449
That's a quality goal right there
Bulldozing through their big defender for that goal — incredible
He's not physically strong
His technique's poor too
He's just fast
That's exactly why he hadn't scored until now — it just doesn't suit him
And he's had the lowest match rating in almost every single game
He's literally not cutting it in the Premier League either
No wonder he's not trusted on the attacking side
They're just dropping other players' names to stir up rivalry
Wish they'd get instantly banned like they did during the World Cup
Lately they're even smearing players who aren't in the same position
Wao-granny's working overtime, lol
I bet it's the same guy who was spamming laughing emojis in the Zion thread after they conceded 2 goals
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HU1uMlebYAAFRSJ.jpg
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2111466648838270977/vid/avc1/1280×720/BePNoEIMQUnIwYp8.mp4
Wait, the other guy just tripped over his own feet
And they even dubbed in a 'thud' sound effect right as he fell, lol
He fell because Maeda sent him flying with a shoulder-elbow-hip barge
Delivering the goods in a high-profile match like this sets them up well going forward.
With the sanctions, they're looking at a points deduction at minimum
Relegation to the second division is even on the table
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Before his transfer, Maeda had been in the thick of the goal-scoring race in the Scottish league with Celtic, but in the Premier League his speed wasn’t translating into goals, making for a rough start to the season. The thread’s comparison with Ao Tanaka doesn’t fully hold up, since Tanaka plays a more defensive role with a different volume of scoring chances and a different team function — a straight comparison is a stretch. It’s also worth flagging that Manchester City’s alleged financial rule breaches referenced in the thread (the so-called 115 charges) are still under review at the time of writing, so a points deduction or relegation isn’t a confirmed outcome yet.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Soccer] Daizen Maeda scores long-awaited first Premier League goal against mighty Man City! Left-footed strike nets the equalizer“.
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