I can agree that both passes helped unlock it. I was going after serghei's comment that Arda himself unlocked it with his chest pass (serghei's comment makes no mention of Denis) and that means he had a good game.
Aside from his chest pass he did close to nothing for almost the entire game and comparing him to Munir when he came on isn't even fair almost, so seeing comments like that are somewhat frustrating.
I didn't say it was only Arda who unlocked the game, I'm referring to him because people underplay his achievement, simple as that. And he did took part in the action that led to Suarez' chance in the first half, by overcomming a 1 vs 3 with some nice short touches in a tight space. Also took part in that 3-way combination with Messi and Suarez who could have been the 2-0 goal. So it's not actually just that chested pass, there are several moments where he passing was sharp in little spaces. Yea, he lost some balls, so did Messi, so did Busi, so did Suarez in that first half. Virtually every attacking player was having problems with Sevilla's intensity, and their defenders breathing down their neck.
Isn't even fair to compare him to Munir? Munir came in when the game was very open, Sevilla was looking to get even on the scorecard, and he scored on the counter with acres of space. The game looked very different after the 1-0 goal. The reality is both Arda and Munir ended up having a good game. The difference is Munir had more space, because the game was more open when he got in. Had he played in the first half he would've had the same problems as our other players.
And don't tell me I underapreciate Munir. I said I trusted him when other were laughing and wanted him sold, or said he's useless. Almost like an Arda.
Amazing.
