{"id":450710,"date":"2017-12-29T02:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/david-villa-among-the-best-strikers-in-the-world-jonathan-mensah\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T02:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T02:30:25","slug":"david-villa-among-the-best-strikers-in-the-world-jonathan-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/david-villa-among-the-best-strikers-in-the-world-jonathan-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"David Villa among the best strikers in the world &#8211; Jonathan Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44332910.295.jpg\" alt=\"Villa Mensah Us\" title=\"Villa Mensah Us\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Defender Jonathan Mensah challenges David Villa to the ball in a match<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514514625_443_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Columbus Crew defender Jonathan Mensah has hailed New York City FC striker David Villa Sanchez, narrating the trouble in facing the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>The two men last came face to face in November when their sides met in Major League Soccer Cup &#8211; Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Although Crew emerged victorious on a 4-3 aggregate, on personal level, it was Villa who went home the happier man as he netted in both home and away fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat guy [Villa] is something else,&#8221; Mensah told TV3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He tries to catch me off with his pace and I also try to stop him with my power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is an amazing player and it&#8217;s difficult playing against him, he is very quick, he&#8217;s got skills and is very sharp as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I think he is one of the best strikers in the world and he is doing amazing in the MLS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mensah also shed light on being adjudged Crew Humanitarian Player of The Year at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I always like to share and always like to help those in need, it has been part of me and I have been living with it,&#8221; said the centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore every season, we are given forms asking us what kind of charity works we want to do to fill because the club also have their own foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey monitored my works and at the end of the season, they gave me an award for that. I am very happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting rewarded for something you like doing is just a great feeling and I am very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mensah joined Crew in February. 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