Playing against his former loan side today. Having scored 2 goals in 2 games is Finn Azaz starting to make a big impression for Boro.
I asked Michael Carrick about the former Villa man and his recent contributions.
Q: A great weekend for Boro and a big week for Finn Azaz and of course he scored against us for Plymouth so he must owe us to keep his goal scoring run going?
MC: Yes well he took one off when he scored against us but he keeps he scoring for us anyway.
Nah. Two good goals actually. Two very different goals from Finn. Particularly the one against Leicester was a terrific finish to be running at full speed to then have the kind of softness of feet and the balance to kind of lift it over the goalkeeper. In some ways it is easier to just come on and go for power or try and lift it too much and actually go over the power. So, I thought his feeling and his touch was very, very good. That is not easy to do and I was delighted for him, obviously it was a big goal for him and you can see in his performances how much he has grown and even in training and around the place, feeling comfortable and learning off other players in terms of what they are good at as well and the connections, so yes, I am really pleased with how he is doing.
I asked Michael Carrick about the former Villa man and his recent contributions.
Q: A great weekend for Boro and a big week for Finn Azaz and of course he scored against us for Plymouth so he must owe us to keep his goal scoring run going?
MC: Yes well he took one off when he scored against us but he keeps he scoring for us anyway.
Nah. Two good goals actually. Two very different goals from Finn. Particularly the one against Leicester was a terrific finish to be running at full speed to then have the kind of softness of feet and the balance to kind of lift it over the goalkeeper. In some ways it is easier to just come on and go for power or try and lift it too much and actually go over the power. So, I thought his feeling and his touch was very, very good. That is not easy to do and I was delighted for him, obviously it was a big goal for him and you can see in his performances how much he has grown and even in training and around the place, feeling comfortable and learning off other players in terms of what they are good at as well and the connections, so yes, I am really pleased with how he is doing.