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He didn’t need to slide, no. But if he didn’t slide he’d have ended up with Lukaku breathing down his neck after his first touch and then been in a physical battle. He was obviously trying to avoid that. Not sure how you can have no idea why he slid? It’s pretty obvious.

On this occasion he did try to put it out with a sliding tackle, he just didn’t get a good enough connection on it. He didn’t try anything fancy, he just didn’t want a physical tussle with Lukaku.

Yep. He just didn’t get a good enough connection on it the first time then panicked and tried to flick at it again. In hindsight he should’ve just looked to shield it out, but probably didn’t fancy the physical battle that would’ve ensued with Lukaku.