We’ve played well this half, some nice passages of play. Højbjerg has been the standout both on and off the ball. Vinicius is looking like he’ll be handy for us. Bale looks better than West Ham but still some way off where he needs to be to demand a starting place. I hope he gets 90 mins today because he needs the time to get his sharpness.
Generally our forwards could do with more service, though the midfield has been largely able to deal with LASK’s press, which Jose flagged before the game. If they do get a goal it’ll come from that press.
Hopefully as the game goes on they’ll start to tire and our pacy forward line can tell against a team who had to make two early subs. Need to come flying out of the blocks early second half and make our superiority tell. After that it’s all about the clean sheet.