Sorry, Rafa, but Strikers Love Zonal Marking ; Only in Football On Sunday

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IUSED to love playing against teams who used zonal marking. It was dreamworld for a striker like me. Rather than have some big, hairy centre-half stuck by my side all afternoon at corners and free- kicks, I knew I'd find enough space at some point to have a good chance to score. Happy days.

I'm sure Emmanuel Adebayor felt the same going up against Liverpool yesterday. He would have been licking his lips beforehand thinking about all the crosses that would come his way without anyone specified to mark him.

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Sorry, Rafa, but Strikers Love Zonal Marking ; Only in Football On Sunday

And sure enough, it was no surprise when he buried a free header to help Manchester City earn a deserved draw and heap more pressure on Rafa Benitez.

Overall, we saw two teams at Anfield y...

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