{"id":155585,"date":"2018-08-01T20:43:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/alvaro-morata-is-struggling-water-is-wet\/"},"modified":"2018-08-01T20:43:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T20:43:38","slug":"alvaro-morata-is-struggling-water-is-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/alvaro-morata-is-struggling-water-is-wet\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Alvaro Morata is struggling, water is wet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">woeful<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p>Morata missed a penalty against the Gunners in a pre-season friendly<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"44.250866551127\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Pre-season can be a great opportunity to regain some much-needed confidence after a disappointing season.<\/p>\n<p>So when Chelsea were awarded a penalty against Arsenal in Dublin, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/alvaro-morata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvaro Morata<\/a> immediately volunteered to take it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-406528\" alt=\"Morata couldn\u2019t convert from the spot\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-1009107510.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"594\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tMorata couldn\u2019t convert from the spot\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/petr-cech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petr Cech<\/a> saved.<\/p>\n<p>From that point onwards, the Spaniard resembled every bit of the man who couldn\u2019t finish even the simplest of chances last season.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, Blues fans, whose side are currently 1-0 up against the Gunners, were less than impressed:<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.8769633507853\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.2670157068063\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morata has easily been Arsenal&#8217;s best defender tonight, sweeping up Chelsea&#8217;s through balls and harmlessly booting it out of danger. Brilliant. \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sanz (@mikesanz19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikesanz19\/status\/1024742481529909248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.6635220125786\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.943396226415\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hudson-Odoi is singlehandedly trying to recreate Morata, but Morata be like, \u201cnah, I prefer to struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Goldberg (@AlexGoldberg_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexGoldberg_\/status\/1024737416102518784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.3636363636364\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.222222222222\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Morata ever scores 20+ in his career from this day, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s at Scunthorpe, I\u2019ll tattoo his name on me. Won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CarefreeDaily. \ud83d\udeac (@CarefreeDailyFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarefreeDailyFC\/status\/1024737606662348806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.3945945945946\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.3189189189189\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morata has the movement of Aguero and the finish of Emanuel Frimpong. It\u2019s actually quite mesmerising to watch in a weird way.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Uber Chelsea FC \ud83c\udfc6 (@UberCheIseaFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UberCheIseaFC\/status\/1024743585479053314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.1384615384615\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.0307692307692\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get Florentino a statue outside Bernab\u00e9u, how on earth did he manage to get \u20ac70m for Morata<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan. (@Rygista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rygista\/status\/1024740990454837248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.36\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear United fans,<\/p>\n<p>Sorry for ever saying that Morata &gt; Lukaku. It is very clearly not the case. Apologies again.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>Chelsea fans<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u00b9\u2070 (@ClinicaIEden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClinicaIEden\/status\/1024741596510777345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.25\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.6666666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morata just leave my club in peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danny Just Danny (@dannydoes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannydoes\/status\/1024744600924246016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<!--googleoff: all--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white\">\n<div class=\"sun-row \">\n<div class=\"col sun-col-6\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic  rail--trending theme-main\" data-slide-count=\"4\" data-slide-count-tablet=\"4\">\n<div 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