Lineup looks to be as we thought. Vic Porro Romero VdV Udogie Skipp Bentancur Maddison Kulu Richy Werner Decent bench options too.
“And Bentancur picks it up from Skipp, makes a nice run through the middle and finds Maddison, Maddison with a lovely turn and he feeds through Werner with a wonderful pass and it’s WERNERRRRR…. … Oh dear, ladies and gentlemen, an elderly lady has been struck by the ball in row 45, we hope she’s ok”.
Apart from against the usual suspects, Maddison + Bentancur + Sarr/Bissouma *** offers far more attacking potency to compensate for having much less muscle in MF than an X + Bissouma + Sarr formation does.
Just also clocked; Maddison and Bentancur will be on the pitch together for the first time. Tears in my eyes.
We have to win tonight. I’d love some great football and a convincing win but at the end of the day 3 points is all that really matters.
Looks like they’re trying to get under Romero’s skin early. He’s got the armband tonight so let’s hope he keeps his head.