when asked why they had chosen Gordon over Rashford.<\/a><\/p>\n“His style fits with what the coach is looking for.”<\/p>\n
And it seems Gordon has settled in very quickly. <\/p>\n
“I feel at home already,” Gordon said. “The city is amazing. The guys have made me feel so welcome. I think I will get better and better the longer I’m here.”<\/p>\n
Playing primarily from the left, he has given Flick another way of hurting opponents. <\/p>\n
His ability to attack space stretches the defence, while his movement without the ball creates opportunities for team-mates.<\/p>\n
That has been particularly noticeable alongside Lamine Yamal and Raphinha.<\/p>\n
Barcelona boss Flick said: “I think as a striker, from his side, you want to score goals. He has had some chances and he missed them.<\/p>\n
“But he has made the final pass to prepare the goals and this is also very important.”<\/p>\n
Gordon produced two assists in the space of four minutes against Elche in his debut league game. <\/p>\n
He also went one-on-one with the Elche keeper and had the opportunity to score a debut goal. <\/p>\n
However, Gordon instead chose to square the ball across the face of goal for Fermin Lopez, who made no mistake from close range.<\/p>\n
That moment revealed plenty about Gordon’s mentality to supporters. Rather than chasing the glory of a debut goal, he prioritised the better option for the team.<\/p>\n
“You always want to win but it’s always about the team first,” Gordon said after the match. “Especially at this club.”<\/p>\n
For Barcelona supporters, it was another indication they had signed a player who is not simply interested in making an individual impact, but in doing whatever it takes to help the team succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Englishman has hit the ground running in Spain and become an influential presence in Hansi Flick’s Barcelona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-892842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}