Johnson gets booked for....something....and something that looked exactly what Shaw did on Micky early in without punishment
**** defending... Sarr caused the problems but there's some stupid stuff going on and I'm not sure that Vicario did enough.
That’s a goal of our own making really. Sarr and VdV shouldn’t be messing around with the ball there. The last few minutes we’ve been guilty of overplaying a bit, and now it’s bitten us. We had looked solid, if uninspiring, up until that point. I’m not really sure what the structure is supposed to be in possession. The shape we used against Copenhagen is not evident at all. We lack natural width on the left and are struggling to progress the ball consistently through the middle. Frank needs to do something here.
We can’t really stretch the pitch with this lineup. We should be trying for the switches, move the ball fast and get runners going at their back line, which lacks pace. We do try and make that back 3 structure we saw against Copenhagen, but it’s Palhinha dropping in to do it, it means we have less players in midfield to manage that area of the pitch. Spence causes problems where he gets into positions like the one he just did - he’s not as good going round the outside so the defence know what he’s going to try. Udogie on at half time would be a good step.
