There you are answering your previous post. When other teams started to sus us out (and it's not just that, injuries, suspensions and world tournaments all played a part) when other teams sussed us out they started to block their penalty areas and man mark. It then needed our players to step up and they haven't/couldn't. At last in the last 30 minutes at Liverpool we saw Son remember that he had to take on players and dribble past them. It worked straight away. Bisouma was doing that at the season's beginning as was Maddison. Kulusevski was going past players but stopped doing so. Sar always tries to do that but he's very young and has lots to learn IMO but a great prospect nevertheless and good enough even in this raw state to be in our team. Udogie is also very young but his drive is sorely missed although it was good to see Skipp's cameo in the role. Is it confidence? Yes that took a battering against Chelsea (like it always bloody does) but it's also the need to step up in the skill area and for Son to go past players again. I am with Ange, it's not his way of playing, it's the ability of the players to do it. That's why we need some new higher grade players as well as our existing players stepping up.
We see time and again, play our game fast and we are very dangerous. Play it slow and start with the side to side stuff and we are knocking at a door that's firmly closed. Goals are nearly always scored from fast even frantic play. Unless you are City or the great Barca side you simply cannot pass your way deliberately into the net.
