On the ball, he is dynamic. He strikes it with dazzling power and accuracy and glides out from the back, sometimes looking like he is bored with defending and seems to play up to his growing status. But he has an aggressive, sometimes violent, side to him too, where he will use his arms to gain an advantage and try to bully an opponent. But isn’t that what the best English defenders have been doing for years, such as John Terry or Jamie Carragher? How else do you deal with centre forwards like Andy Carroll? No cheery charity bedside manner will help you there. And Luiz mastered Carroll at Stamford Bridge, better than Nemanja Vidic or Rio Ferdinand recently. His smile as he lay on the ground at Old Trafford was aimed towards United supporters who were abusing him and not to his fellow countryman, Rafael. He will have been surprised by some of yesterday’s headlines. He posted on Twitter recently: You don’t need to change your personality, just be yourself and stay happy. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2320436/David-Luiz-Theres-sensitive-Chelsea-star--Lee-Clayton.html#ixzz37BtzcnoI Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 19:45:43 +0000
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