In the 44th minute of Manchester United’s Premier League tie against Wolves, Eric Bailly made a key defensive contribution that stopped the Red Devils falling behind right on the brink of halftime.
Bruno Fernandes was tackled in the final third, leaving compatriot Ruben Neves to send the ball through to another Portuguese ace in Pedro Neto.
Neto was one on one against Harry Maguire, with the England international quickly falling behind in that footrace, Eric Bailly smartly drifted over to offer cover.
But, as he did so, in a split-second moment that will be hard to notice in the footage, Bailly looked over his shoulder and spotted the lightning-fast charge from Adama Traore.
Traore had firmly left Aaron Wan-Bissaka well behind with his insane burners, leaving him in acres of space.
As Neto slowed down, with the view of picking out the winger, Bailly shifted across and capitalised on a poor pass to intercept the ball and shut down the danger.
Eric Bailly was so so good here. Checked Traore on the half-turn & noticed that Maguire had his man and decided to go to Traore's side pic.twitter.com/rYI1xKfu0J
— Harshal kadam (@Harshal02531139) December 30, 2020
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