Is it my imagination, or are footballers much better at shooting from a distance than they used to be? I've watched a lot of highlights this season, and it seems to me that there are loads of very precisely taken goals from outside the penalty area, from a whole variety of players in lots of different teams. It seemed to be the case that, years ago, there were not that many players who had the kind of accuracy at a distance that seems to be commonplace today. I cite Rashford's goal and Foden's first from today's Manchester derby. When I were a yoof it seemed that such goals were the preserve of people like Bobby Charlton, Francis Lee and Peter Lorimer.
