Onana regarded Bailey with confusion. How could Bailey be standing there, between him and the goal, during a free kick? Then Bailey began to sing."Ohhhh-na-na, look what you started," he teased -- the chorus of "Na Na," Trey Songz's 2014 hit.
Austin MacPhee had called Jonathan Moss, then the Premier League's supervisor of referees, to ask whether positioning a player behind a goalkeeper during a free kick would be legal. It was, but only if the player didn't physically impede the keeper.
Bailey was into it. "I just thought it was something new and interesting," he says. "I said to Austin, 'I'm going to go behind him. And then I'm going to sing a song.'"
In the coaching box beside Villa manager Unai Emery, MacPhee broke into a grin. MacPhee is one of several designated set piece coaches who are quietly having a profound impact on the Premier League.
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