I said in the match thread (and got hammered for it) his performance first half wasn't enough, he was hiding and wasn't doing enough to take the game to them.
Second half was a different player. Looked to dictate, was across the pitch, played some sublime passes, covered well and had a bursting run forward.
I do wonder if he just has problems when he starts games, like he needs the game to be a bit chaotic to come alive. If it's too slow and passive his performance reflects that...
Its key that after next week we have Lo Celso and him on the pitch for all games.
No, that was the 7th time he's completed 90 mins for us. First time since February though.Only saw the second half and he looked decent and was working hard tracking back etc. Was surprised to see him last 90 minutes. Was that the first time he’s done that for us?
I said in the match thread (and got hammered for it) his performance first half wasn't enough, he was hiding and wasn't doing enough to take the game to them.
Second half was a different player. Looked to dictate, was across the pitch, played some sublime passes, covered well and had a bursting run forward.
I do wonder if he just has problems when he starts games, like he needs the game to be a bit chaotic to come alive. If it's too slow and passive his performance reflects that...
Its key that after next week we have Lo Celso and him on the pitch for all games.