De Wijs - Another outstanding defensive effort Lichaj - Some great attacking moves in second half Elder - Getting better every game Dishonourable mention - The Ref..shockingly inept performance
The ref did my head in with loads of little things. Their game management was good, but the ref was the best at it. It's obvious a team winning 1-0 away and hanging on wants loads of free kicks and stoppages late on, so he obligingly gave them time and time again. I can never understand why refs aren't more suspicious in that scenario of players constantly going down in nothing areas all of a sudden. Early on Sawyers took out Bowler deliberately to stop a break. As clear a yellow card as you'll see, but he decided not to book him because he'd just booked Livermore for something similar. Last few minutes Sawyers gets booked for another deliberate block when Honeyman was racing through on a promising break. He was able to do that and take the yellow because he'd been let off earlier for absolutely no good reason. These little things do make a difference.