No doubt, John Giles would remain steadfastly unimpressed. He always maintained that a reliance on spectacular last-ditch was always a bad sign in a defender. If he had done his job properly earlier he wouldn't be have to be doing that.
However, many are purring at the sight of Raphael Varane's tackle on Aritz Aduriz in Real's 2-1 home loss to Atletico Bilbao.