Lucas was having shocker and mourinho still tried to get that 3rd goal so he puts an attacking player
i am pretty sure 99% of the fanbase who understand nothing about football ( unlike you cause you understand )
will be the first to complain if mourinho put a defensive player at 2-1 with an half of hour to go
Heat Maps
Lucas's heat map shows that he stayed central for much of the game. When Lamela came on, he played attacking right and rarely ventured back into our defensive half.
Sanchez's heat map is very revealing. He played our very wide right for much of the game - this clearly show's he was responsible for helping out Tanganga - which left Rodon to manage the center all by himself.
Son's heap map shows he played much of the game in our own half, defending on the left.
Ndombele's and Lo Celso's heat map shows they very rarely entered our defensive 3rd and spent most of the game in the opposition half.
So, in conclusion
1. Introducing Lamela caused us to be further exposed in defence.
2. Sanchez was burdened by Tanganga's positioning and was drawn out of central positions for much of the game.
3. Son was introduced to play defensively (presumably a tactical switch)
4. Ndombele and Lo Celso occupied exactly the same space. We had nobody alongside Holberg to bring the ball out of defence and defend the edge of our box.
So, .this raises the questions....
1. If we were introducing an attacking player on the right; why did we chose Lamela over Bale? Bale has scored/created in almost every game he has played.
2. When Lamela was introduced to attack; why didn't Lo Celso or Ndombele revert to a more defensive position?
3. Why did Mourinho not instruct anyone to help out Tanganga? Sissoko often doubles up with Aurier and would have been an ideal introduction to allow Sanchez to revert to a central position.
4. Why did neither Ndombele or Lo Celso play as a 'box to box' midfielder? They seemed to both be playing as a number 10.
5. Why was Son introduced to defend? Shouldn't Lo Celso have dropped back?
MY VIEW - TACTICALLY INEPT FROM MOURINHO. We lost the game in midfield with nobody bridging the gap between attack and defence. Poor substitutions compounded our issues.
Introducing Sissoko rather than Lamela would have won us the game.
