Running around the pitch is not as easy as it used to be: Berbatov
KOCHI: "Why are you not scoring goals? Have you lost that magical touch in front of goal?" Questions were mostly along these lines when Dimitar Berbatov fronted up to Kerala Blasters fans in a live interaction through social media the day after he limped out of the pitch due to a muscle tear in the match against FC Goa, yet to find the back of the net after four starts. The fans, after all, expected a goal-fest from the Bulgarian who had scored 212 goals from 494 matches in his professional club career before his sojourn with the Blasters began. The memories of Berbatov's five goals in a match for Manchester United against Blackburn in 2010 still linger in the fans' minds. However, the 36-year-old, who has mostly played in a much more deeper role in midfield -- sometimes as a creative midfielder, sometimes as a defensive midfielder -- is much more pragmatic about his role and his influence on the Blasters. "When you start to get older, you see it from a diff...

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