The bibs were also using cross-field balls to find space for Callum Hudson-Odoi to exploit. With one of his attacks, he found Ziyech for a shot that lacked the power to beat Kepa so the second period began with the game still awaiting a goal, although that wait would not be much longer.
Before the first goal, Lewis Baker, playing in a defensive position, ambitiously went for goal from distance and was on target, but his shot was saved, unlike the one from Hudson-Odoi after he attacked with the ball at pace having collected a Dujon Sterling pass midway inside the opponents’ half. The winger’s sweet strike rippled the net.