Why does Chicharito score so easily?

Why does Chicharito score so many "easy" goals? Tap-ins, headers, and one-on-one's? When he's alone with the keeper you can already expect him to score! He was clocked as the fastest player among all the footballers at the last World Cup, but there's more to him than just being speedy. He is great in the air for a relatively short striker, especially in the Premier League. He can score with both feet, he is always making diagonal runs and quick to pivot and distract defenders marking him. He's got great composure in front of goal and he works for the whole 90 minutes. Acquiring him for 6 million was one of the best bargain transfers ever with his resulting goal scoring form in his first season alone, he earned his value. 

He scores so easily because according to Rio Ferdinand it's all about his movement, his footwork is amazing! 
"Not a lot of strikers make the sorts of runs he does. 
"It's physically demanding — you have to be really fit to make those movements for 90 minutes.
"If I was a coach I'd tell every young striker that he should take note of how Chicharito plays, because that's what you have to do if you want to be a top footballer. It will certainly give you a head start.
"The other day I reviewed Chicharito's first goal against Bolton, when he ran across the front post and poked the ball in at the near post. "But before he made that run he made two other movements to shake off his defender. And when a striker makes those types of run, it's incredibly hard to defend against him.
"I think if I was a coach then I'd put that goal on DVD and I wouldn't even send my team out to train — I'd just make them watch that goal because that shows you all you need to know."

Check out the video to see his tricky moves just before he scores against Bolton.

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