1-0 HT. Took the early lead, then sat back and tried to counter, for some reason. Two poor sides and two very poor defences, so we've decided to rely on ours. Kulusevski looks extremely sluggish and we should take him off at the break.
Bissouma x Bentancur (if he comes back the same player) midfield under a progressive, attacking manager could potentially be up there with some of our best CM duos of the last 15-20 years, probably after Dembele x Wanyama and Modric x Parker. Bissouma is so silky in possession, it was criminal Conte tried playing him as a DM in his sporadic chances under him.
He’s had a couple of nice turns to be fair. But likely needs a rest and pre-season to really get over the injury. I liked him centrally in the first half last week, wouldn’t mind seeing that if we change the system. Puts less emphasis on his pace which is nice when he’s not 100%
Gary McAllister with some sterling advice there for Allardyce. Your team is losing. Put on some more attacking players. Insightful.