The way he would cushion the ball perfectly away from himself, instantly creating a few yards of space for himself which was all he needed to work his magic. Too often we see wingers take 2/3 touches just to set the ball before crossing….Mahrez would do it all in one touch. Simply elegant and beautiful.
I miss those days... even in Uni, go to class, go to work, and on the pitch from 6-11, then go to the bar with the same guys/girls you were on the pitch with until 3AM wake up do it again... bliss...
I want to bring them back. By forbidden smartphones, public wifi, 3g 4g, social medias, recording and filming and some places, etc. Then we can get back to relationships like in 2005 (the last time they were complete for me. Before RUclips)
Same with me and my mates. Left the house at 9am, came home for lunch, back out, dinner, back out, home at 10pm. I feel sorry for many of todays kids not getting that amount fresh air, sun in between greenery and getting a good sweat in. Granted, we played in total like 4 hours of football a day, but high af hehe.
At the point we didn’t know the score, the winner was who scored the last goal. The final whistle is the dark of the night. I’m tired just thinking about it
Facts bro when i was a kid the old neighbours would yell at us all day long for playing in front of their yard but then give you sweets icecream and such, now they all dead and no kids are playing anymore
No he’s well rated. According to the internet 98% of players are underrated. Everyone knows Mahrez was a beast, his year when Leicester won the league is not forgotten at all
Haaland is a few days older than I am, and I remember what Mahrez was talking about. I would go straight to play football with friends or by myself after school. Once I got hungry I’d go for dinner then either a friend would tap the door for me to come play or I would make my back to return to the game. Or in the garden, I would pretend the garden is the pitch and pretend my house is the tunnel, coming out naming the lineup and pretending I am the whole team. Probably sounds pathetic now, but that’s how it was. I think this kind of culture changed around 2011-2013. The rise of iPhones getting bigger and blowing up. Social culture is now done through social media and stuff for the most part
@@JamalAhmed-ov6jkwhen he was saying "your mother doesn't know where you are" and Erling responds "you were down on the PITCH playing football"...You don't develop that silky feet on big open pitches my friend, it's in the street, his style pf play is that of a street footballer...he played in the street growing up. Edit: as he has mentioned many times before, he played in the streets
@@JamalAhmed-ov6jkIt started in the streets. Erling was saying he (Riyad) was on the pitch as a teenager when his mom didnt know where he was, but Riyad was referring to the streets as he mentioned many times before.
@@petruspetrusgodspower9556 in no world is that statement even remotely true. He might be a better dribbler, but his first touch is not comparable to Berba or Zizou.
@@kesenaememere8520 lol of course I know who george best is. Im being sarcastic. Stop glorifying players of the past purely off of nostalgia. Mahrez is way more technically skilled and a better player than george best. Football has advanced since those prehistoric days
If he was not muslim they would have a statue of him outside the stadium. Machester Shitty's greatest ever player and one of the best players in PL history. Man united fan here
They are more inside forwards now so the likes of mahrez and hazard are discredited in favour of players in the mould of salah because we just look at goals rather than the good old fashioned eye test taking nothing away from salah but I don’t see him as an out and out winger plays as an inside forward as part of a front three that has no striker
Prime Mahrez was twice the player Salah is. Salah is a goal scoring machine but his ability as a footballer is nothing special. A prime Salah would never win the prem with Leicester. Salah cant even the prem with Liverpool...
Best first touch ive seen on a winger
But first touch is not the only thing about football
@DivineOtong-zq4nlany pro player will tell you it’s one of the most important things in football
well bar Neymar and Messi i suppose
Tired of people bringing Messi or Ronaldo even neymar to everything. Their first touch isn't better than mahrezs@@theboss-by5gd
NEY NEY NEYYYMARRRRR
Prime mahrez i will never forget
And still 🤟🏾🔥🔥🔥
The streets will never forget
When was his prime for you, bro?
Great player but I would say messi and zidane’s 1st touch is something elese
The year Leicester won the league for sure @@dp3699
Leicester legend, city legend, African legend
african legend is my favorite part about him❤, i wish benzema played for Algeria too 😂
Man City miss this guy alot...Unreal talent
Not alot, we have Savinho
Who??
@@Gonnie6969
@@Gonnie6969 savinho no where near bud
@@Gonnie6969keep that mentality up please
@@Gonnie6969😂😂mate, you just saw him send three defenders to the abyss and you say that
dribbling, shooting, crossing, passing, pace, skill, first touch. the complete winger and one of the finest wingers of his generation
Facts bro He is still underrated. He was a complete winger, not a textbook one.. A street footballer. Also Pep ruined him
He’s bot complete the most complete winger of our generation is cr7
@YousufAhmed-cg3qhThis generation, Ronaldo was a striker, he was a winger last gen.
@@mahlatseseaga704 Not even Pep could ruin him
@YousufAhmed-cg3qhshut up
The streets haven’t forgotten him
The way he would cushion the ball perfectly away from himself, instantly creating a few yards of space for himself which was all he needed to work his magic. Too often we see wingers take 2/3 touches just to set the ball before crossing….Mahrez would do it all in one touch. Simply elegant and beautiful.
Some of the clips is nasty work. Sitting 3 defenders down 🫠
Faking a whole defence isn’t to be taken lightly. What a beast
Only Winger who made a Robotic Man City game interesting
I miss those days... even in Uni, go to class, go to work, and on the pitch from 6-11, then go to the bar with the same guys/girls you were on the pitch with until 3AM wake up do it again... bliss...
I want to bring them back. By forbidden smartphones, public wifi, 3g 4g, social medias, recording and filming and some places, etc. Then we can get back to relationships like in 2005 (the last time they were complete for me. Before RUclips)
Any better winger in the last 10 years? Unbelievably Underrated.
NEYMAR???
Salah. Please be fr. 😂
@@estheralonge2103Salah can't score free kicks.
Di Maria
Same with me and my mates. Left the house at 9am, came home for lunch, back out, dinner, back out, home at 10pm. I feel sorry for many of todays kids not getting that amount fresh air, sun in between greenery and getting a good sweat in. Granted, we played in total like 4 hours of football a day, but high af hehe.
At the point we didn’t know the score, the winner was who scored the last goal.
The final whistle is the dark of the night.
I’m tired just thinking about it
Dis guy first touch 🔥🔥🤯🤯
Facts bro when i was a kid the old neighbours would yell at us all day long for playing in front of their yard but then give you sweets icecream and such, now they all dead and no kids are playing anymore
Haaland stay humble and listen to the man from the street...not rich boy from the private academy schools.
Huh? 😂😂😂
@@tomomihisaya did mean to insult your "boyfriend" 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
@@am5790dont even care about haaland but you just sound bitter and sad
@@gwkiv1458 you do. you too sensitive 😂😂😂
I really like how this man plays futbol sad he left man city
I'm al Ahli fan and we are so proud of Mahrez he is one of the most talented footballers in history of football 💚💚👏🏻
Underrated winger
Haland trying hard to relate to him 😢😂
One of my fav
Well regarded and still Vastly underrated
No he’s well rated. According to the internet 98% of players are underrated. Everyone knows Mahrez was a beast, his year when Leicester won the league is not forgotten at all
every single memory i have of mahrez is good, except one. that penalty miss against liverpool, mate that was crucial af :(
54:00 - I think Akanji was even cheaper than that, and he became an instant starter
Miss this guy 😢
Haaland can’t relate to that!👌🏾🤣😂
Streets will never forget Riyad Mahrez ❤
Paris
No pitch , the streets my friend
With a football everywhere is a pitch
How I wish I could go back to 20 years ago
Haaland has no clue what mahrez talking about . He’s to young, he grew up differently
Growing up as the son of a pro too. Would've had much different training as a kid.
Haaland is a few days older than I am, and I remember what Mahrez was talking about. I would go straight to play football with friends or by myself after school. Once I got hungry I’d go for dinner then either a friend would tap the door for me to come play or I would make my back to return to the game. Or in the garden, I would pretend the garden is the pitch and pretend my house is the tunnel, coming out naming the lineup and pretending I am the whole team. Probably sounds pathetic now, but that’s how it was.
I think this kind of culture changed around 2011-2013. The rise of iPhones getting bigger and blowing up. Social culture is now done through social media and stuff for the most part
We miss him so much
Not on the pitch, in the streets.
With bare feet
@@JamalAhmed-ov6jkwhen he was saying "your mother doesn't know where you are" and Erling responds "you were down on the PITCH playing football"...You don't develop that silky feet on big open pitches my friend, it's in the street, his style pf play is that of a street footballer...he played in the street growing up.
Edit: as he has mentioned many times before, he played in the streets
@@JamalAhmed-ov6jkIt started in the streets. Erling was saying he (Riyad) was on the pitch as a teenager when his mom didnt know where he was, but Riyad was referring to the streets as he mentioned many times before.
This guy’s first touch is criminal
We are really missing mahrez his flair his touch his dribbling last year foden got it covered but now we are in the ruins 😢...😊
One of the best controllers of the ball ⚽️
Player with the best 1st touch
Nah. That was berbatov or zidane.
@gershomtan7445 Mahrez's first touch is better
@@petruspetrusgodspower9556 in no world is that statement even remotely true. He might be a better dribbler, but his first touch is not comparable to Berba or Zizou.
@@gershomtan7445better
@@gershomtan7445 ima big man u fan and i can admit Mahrez has way better touch than both of them
The best first touch of any player ive seen
Prime Mahrez and Jamie Vardy having a party! The scenes were unreal when Leicester won the league!!!
My favorite player in a City Jersey 😭😭
Riyad was unbelievable for City. Brilliant footballer, great career. Blue Mancunians wish him well 🙏
Mahrez at Leicester was something else, along with Vardy and Kante. At City he didn't have the same freedom but still was sensational
The most underrated footballer ever
Defenders nitemare mahrez was different with it class player 💯💯💯
Man Mahrez was crazy good, lots of flair
I miss him at City
Haaland and stay humble n listen
They don't make wingers like that anymore as if he's George Best 😂, he's literally still playing
😅
Better than whoever tf that is
@@JavadGoudarzi, You don't even know who that is, yet you say that Mahrez is better than him. The ignorance of the youth is crazy 😂
@@kesenaememere8520 lol of course I know who george best is. Im being sarcastic. Stop glorifying players of the past purely off of nostalgia. Mahrez is way more technically skilled and a better player than george best. Football has advanced since those prehistoric days
mahrez better, best probably couldnt even curve a ball let alone do the skills Mahrez can.
I would like to go out and play football now if it wasn’t so bad weather
you never go
@@elbuki4006 I go nearly every day when it’s good weather
@@elbuki4006 I have a football pitch pretty near to me
Prime riyad mahrez had the ability to start over any winger in history barring ronaldo and messi.
This tactics are destroying the beautiful game
City still haven’t replaced
this baller
Prime payet and mahrej are beautiful to watch...
Story of my life
Mahrez for me debunks the Pep killed Jack Grealish's spark ,even watching Doku and Savinho now they have the urge to take defenders on
If he was not muslim they would have a statue of him outside the stadium. Machester Shitty's greatest ever player and one of the best players in PL history. Man united fan here
A Real winger
To think St Mirren had him on TRIAL 😅 and didn't sign him 😂
Yamal is very reminiscent of him
I dunno where he grew up from is it France or Africa but in Africa we wz like this back in the day too
Prime Mahrez🥶
Now we have private school academy kids who have no self thinking 😂
Exactly
It's the only way to be, if you don't see a ball and want to start tapping I don't really want to talk to you about football anyway
Mahrez from leicester was as good as vini if not better
He was better
Better than Neymar. Been saying this since Leicester.
@@RyRchur an idiot. Neymar was always better
Neymar couldn’t do what Mahrez did that season Leicester won the premier fact or fiction?
From Mahrez to duku and grelish 😊😅
Mr first touch.
White boy pretending he can relate😂
What a baller
Argue with your Keyboard. But if mahrez fakes you, you must be on the ground 😂
First Touch God ✅
Football is a nasty game
Letting Mahrez goes was one of the biggest mistake Man City ever did after treble
imo the best "streets will never forget player" of all time
They are more inside forwards now so the likes of mahrez and hazard are discredited in favour of players in the mould of salah because we just look at goals rather than the good old fashioned eye test taking nothing away from salah but I don’t see him as an out and out winger plays as an inside forward as part of a front three that has no striker
Man City 2017-2024 is the greatest football side ever seen in history
Better than Neymar.
hurt and salty ?
People always find their generation the best
Complete winger
Then those ridiculous wages come around and the passion goes away.
That’s true
Prime mahrez was unplayable
Mahrez
as passionate as his wife is about him?
Crazy work 😅
What’s the joke here
Extremely disrespected by pep. He could score a hattrick only to be on the bench next game
Prime Mahrez was twice the player Salah is. Salah is a goal scoring machine but his ability as a footballer is nothing special. A prime Salah would never win the prem with Leicester. Salah cant even the prem with Liverpool...
Cringe title
This guy is literally the left footed Neymar who was born in Algeria