They were bang average. They still had it in them to score a handful of goals though but they didn't. How would you analyse how we stopped them? (Other than saves.)
I counted three separate occasions last night when he pressed, won the ball (he's actually quite good at that, a bit like Ford), but then promptly lost it, either by dallying on it or simply under/overhitting a straightforward pass.. Yes, he has unique ability and vision, and yes, his work rate is phenomonal, but I thought we were getting another Modric or Coutinho - at times he's giving mre Bruno Cheyrou vibes, tbh, in that the skill is all there, but he seems to be playing a game where he thinks he can't be tackled. Still plenty of time with him, but MITO is right - he should be coming off the bench atm - he hasn't earned a starting place. Only Ekitike (and, perhaps, Kerkez) has.
I can see flashes of brilliance with him and he did have a very good understanding with Ekitike in earlier games but I'm wondering whether Slot isn't using him in his best position (tbh I don't know where that is because I didn't watch him until he came to us) or whether Slot is persisting with him in order to play him into form. The only way to improve is to keep playing.
They did some basic things amd probably couldn't beleive their luck thet we coughed up the ball so tragically right in front of our goal. I mean some of the stuff was bordering on ringing the match fixing police. The point being is we either fouled after giving the ball away tragically or alisson saved us. That's about it. the thing they did was basic. Thry actually got on the back of whoever it was dropping deep towards the cbs and applied pressure and the stays narrow knowing g we would also stay narrow. None of that is rocket science. Their two cms was tosh. Gundogan couldn't get about. Their cbs were trash bilut we couldn't get a shot as we were dire. We played so so slowly out from the back with no urgency at all. I bet they couldn't beleive their luck.
He’s also created more chances in the league than any other player this year. Should have a few assists and was unlucky with effort last night that keeper saved.
Exactly. Chance creation is far superior than assists when judging an individual player. Assists requires a teammate to do their job too, chance creation doesn't.
