Goals like this are my pet hate as a GK. I’m sure #Oblak will be fuming at his defender.

The defender has planted “heavy” feet & has his body weight at an angle to goal, this makes deflections which direct the ball into the goal way more likely.

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Blocking shots as an defender is very similar to blocking shots with the feet as a GK.

The crucial details are your body weight must be stable, your body must be square to the goal & usually you do not need to kick the ball but open your leg up & let the ball hit you.

To be fair to the defender here he doesn’t take a swing at the ball which is the number 1 thing that I tell my defenders not to do as that causes issues with deflections.

However his poor footwork meant his body weight & shape were all over the place & thus he deflected it in.