Mateo Kovacic, the midfielder who plays for Chelsea, caught the eyes after the 1-1 draw against Manchester United in the ongoing Premier League on October 22, Saturday as he was spotted running towards the tunnel almost stripped off completely.
Fans, who witnessed the rare sight, said that he was fit and remained unrattled by the same. Many pointed out the fitness of the player and said that the Croatia international almost fooled the crowd as he looked like a streaker.
Here is the video:
Yet another draw for Manchester United
Things have not gone the way for Erik ten Hag and his men as they would have liked to. While Jorginho scored the first goal of the match for the Blues in the 87th minute, the Red Devils almost lost the match until Carlo Casemiro pulled off a stunner just before the final whistle to match the lead.
The Dutch coach said that the team lacked freshness and added that it was their fourth game in the last ten days. Further, ten Hag said that the team did not give the Blues many chances and looked happy with the result.
“It’s the fourth game in 10 days and you see, especially with strikers, there’s a little bit of lack of freshness. Especially in the end also then the power you get a lack of and we didn’t score the goals. We already had to score first-half and you make your life easier,” ten Hag was quoted as saying after the match.
“We had to switch the system that we only faced one time and that was against Sociedad in the first-half. But we didn’t make the right decisions on the ball in the second-half. We didn’t switch enough and when we came in the final third we were not showing composure and patience, [if we had] then I am sure we will create more chances against this Chelsea but we didn’t,” he added.
“But I think also we also didn’t concede big chances, so that was the good thing and I think a point was a fair result,” said the Red Devils boss further.
Let us take a look at how fans reacted for Kovacic’s act:
He gave everything
— Ugochukwu Eze-Nnunu (@firmCruise) October 22, 2022
Kovacic? ?
— @UtdDeano (@UtdDeano) October 22, 2022
He couldn’t even go for that last minute header they stripped him of his kit and everything ??
— Chelsea FC ? (@cfcfootbalI) October 22, 2022
THAT SMILE???
— GoLu (@gabbar_biran) October 22, 2022
Kova ?????
— Comrade Nnadi Goodluck (@nnadigoodluck) October 22, 2022
??????????
— kafui (@hatkafui) October 23, 2022
What is going on here? ??
— Mwangi KE (@ItsMwangiKE) October 22, 2022
Both on and off the pitch ??
— stefan brew (@nahpetsinc) October 22, 2022
