Can't believe I still sit up to watch us play like this & don't get to bed until after 0330, and now I'm posting this after less than 2 1/2 hours of broken sleep.
I posted yesterday that I didn't like the Song-Denilson combo from deep because of the lack of service, and the match did nothing to change my mind. IMO our midfield was unbalanced & ineffective until Nasri moved into the deep playmaker role. Previous to this our transition was too slow & we often got both ahead of the ball and flat in attack.
Green did well to keep them in the game, and on another day De Costa could well have been carded, given away a penalty or two & been given his marching orders.
Meh performance but I'm happy to take the 3 points.
I thought our back 5 were our best on field today.
I posted yesterday that I didn't like the Song-Denilson combo from deep because of the lack of service, and the match did nothing to change my mind. IMO our midfield was unbalanced & ineffective until Nasri moved into the deep playmaker role. Previous to this our transition was too slow & we often got both ahead of the ball and flat in attack.
Green did well to keep them in the game, and on another day De Costa could well have been carded, given away a penalty or two & been given his marching orders.
Meh performance but I'm happy to take the 3 points.
I thought our back 5 were our best on field today.