We did deserve a draw, and with decent officials would have one. Poor old Stan is all over the floor like a spilled tin of paint, he shows more and more of his delusional world with every post. Now Hazard, Morata, Rudy and Drinkwater have been added to the list , only 5 to go !!
I think tiredness was a small factor, linesman a bigger one but the same old problems keep flashing red.
Total lack of a decent powerful midfield controlling and attacking player, no striker, and to a lesser extent,back 3 defence not playing fluently.
Bakayoko ,Barkley and Drinkwater are all well below what is required and Kante will be wrecked without help.
I think Christensens' lack of experience is holding back Daves game and Rudiger is still not quite up to speed.
Morata is not the answer to Contes' preferred "1 up front" and is showing too often why he was never 1st choice at Real.
Despite this, it was a spirited game by us and top marks for attitude and effort. We are back to getting performances from the team at the top level of their capability, even with the obvious flaws. We can't expect more than that and we might still sneak into top 4 if we keep it up.
