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Pressure is like stress. It's a mental thing and it can affect people regardless of what level they function at. Example: a highly paid executive can have a breakdown due to trying to balance hugely complicated business transactions as much as a postie could create himself a stress situation because he can't do his round in less than 2 hours.

So it's very possible that not getting to a goal tally quickly is starting to play with his head. Affect his performance and impact him off the pitch etc.

It's very easy to be critically but this is where the coaching staff and people around him need to step in. The goal this week could be the change agent he and we need. Equally it could be a hug from a family member and being told they love him that trigger a return to goal scoring form.

Weird. The human brain is a strong but equally fragile thing.

All that said. If he does not score v Villa sell the waste of space