Casillas reveals Essien's struggles at left-back
Posted On Sunday, 28th October 2012
Michael Essien struggled as left-back against Dortmund
Real Madrid goalkeeeper Iker Casillas has revealed that Michael Essien was the club’s weakest link during their Champions League defeat to Dortmund.
The Spanish giants were beaten 2-1 by the German side during their Champions League game on Wednesday night.
Essien looked uncomfortable against pacy Dortmund pair Lukasz Piszczek and Marco Reus on Wednesday and goalkeeper Iker Casillas acknowledged the left side of defence was a problem.
With Marcelo, Fabio Coentrao and Alvaro Arbeloa sidelined, the former Chelsea midfielder has been filling in at left back.
Casillas says the Germans exploited Essien’s frailties at the position he is not comfortable.
“It’s true that they (Borussia Dortmund got a lot of joy down our left wing,” the Real and Spain captain Casillas told reporters.
“You noticed it a lot in the game,” he added. “We are suffering a lot of injuries and Khedira’s is another setback.”
The latest injury to Real Madrid’s German midfielder Sami Khedira comes at a tricky time for the La Liga champions with a potential banana skin awaiting at Real Mallorca on Sunday.
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YOU STUPID ZAMBIAN COWARD. WHY DO YOU HIDE BEHIND A GHANAIAN NAME? YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW. IDIOT!
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Casillas ,may be the best obsever of Essien on that fateful day but yet still, that doesn’t make Essien the weakest link of the Madrid set up. The team as a whole failed to deliever period! No ifs and buts. Acussing fingers should not be the order of the day. Cheers Casillas.
Zambians are all fools
That makes Ghanaians COCKSUCKERS. Because you will always suck our cocks for as long as you keep losing to us.
ESSIEN IS NOT A LEFT BACK, SO CASSILAS SHOULD NOT BLAME HIM. HE SHOULD BLAME MOURINHO…LOL PEPE WAS THE REASON WHY THEY LOST THAT DAY. PEPE, THE DUMBEST DEFENDER EVER. INFACT, MOURINHO WOULD BE BETTER OF PLAYING PEPE AS LEFT BACK AND ESSIEN AS NUMBER 5 INSTEAD. ESSIEN IS REAL MADRID’S BEST MIDFIELDER. ESSIEN JUST NEEDS TO BE CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITIES DATS ALL. SO HE CAN SHUT UP THESE KIDS. PEPE, DI MARIA WORSE PLAYERS IN THE GAME AGAINST DORTMUND….
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