Anthony Gordon ya taka ya buga wasanni biyar tun da ya shiga Barcelona a watan Mayu, amma dan wasa mai kai hari na tawagar Ingila ya riga ya zama abin ƙauna ga magoya baya — da taimakon wasa huɗu kuma yana tabbatar da darajarsa a ɗaya daga cikin tsarin kai hari mafi ƙalubale a Turai.

Ɗan wasa mai shekaru 25, wanda ya ƙaura daga Newcastle United da £70 miliyan, yana taka rawar reshen hagu da Marcus Rashford ya buga a aro a kakar da ta gabata. Zuwan sa ya haifar da tambayoyi a wasu wurare, amma alamun farko sun kasance masu kyau sosai.

Daga shakku zuwa tasiri

Sa'ad da Gordon ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu Ba'ingilishi da ya shiga Barcelona a tabbataccen yarjejeniya — bayan Gary Lineker a shekara ta 1986 — tambayoyin sun kasance na doka. A Premier League a kakar da ta gabata, ya ci ƙwallaye shida kuma ya ba da taimako biyu a wasanni 26, tare da ƙwallaye uku daga bugun fanareti, yayin da Newcastle United ya ƙare a matsayi na 12.

Amma rikodinsa a Champions League ya ba da labari daban gaba ɗaya. Gordon ya ci ƙwallaye 10 a wasanni 12 na Champions League — adadi da Kylian Mbappe na Real Madrid (15) da Harry Kane na Bayern Munich (14) kawai suka fi shi. Wannan tarihin Turai shi ne ya gamsar da Barcelona su saka hannun jari.

Wata alama ta abin da zai biyo baya ta fito ne sa'ad da Newcastle ya sha kashi 7-2 da Barcelona a wasan komawa na zagayen ƙarshe na 16 na Champions League — 8-3 a jimillar. Ga Gordon, wannan dare ya shuka iri. Ya faɗi daga baya cewa ya ji wani abu na musamman a waccan dare a Nou Camp.

Shiga cikin tsarin Flick