Yep. It was a bit of a shit show off the ball on the wings.
Trippier impressed me again with his crossing. Still think Poch is missing a trick not playing him on the wing. Lamela was at least a little more solid than Townsend.
Bringing on Townsend threw Trippier/everyone under the bus.
On the other side Rose threw the back line into disarray. Again his last ditch tackling is impressive but his positioning...it's just a disaster. Rose, Jan, Eriksen and Chadli are on different pages.
The goal against saw Rose walking around. Jan had to sprint out of position to cover for Rose and that left one center back in the middle. You can't leave it one on one on those areas.
Rose was switched off. Poch's style is to press and he didn't.
Jan was dragged so far out of position covering for Rose...our wings off the ball are just an absolute horror show.
Poch keeps persisting with Eriksen covering for Rose. When Rose is not steaming in he's day dreaming. And Eriksen is not built to cover for someone so chaotic. He can barely cover someone solid. Rose had zero click with Eriksen. And how was Townsend popping up on the left??? As if Trippier wasn't isolated enough?!
Townsend has a disastrous effect on Trippier. It's pretty tragic stuff. Townsend doing rolly pollys next to Rose trying to buy a foul in our box, then Rose pushes someone in the box, then we break, get offside, the ball comes straight back through Rose like he's not there and Jan is forced to cover. Goal.
Absolute shambles. What was Townsend doing on the left? Then the right? Then the left? Flopping and rolling around? It's just so keystone cops when he's involved. Rose did the same thing, going down with arms flailing with histrionics and he got himself injured! Him flagging the ref got his hand stamped on. it's just CHAOS. STOP FLAILING AND SCREAMING AT THE REF AND CONCENTRATE!!
Our wings off the ball....Jesus H Christ our wings.
Prior to Townsend coming on I was delighted Lamela got the goal. Great stuff. Chadli showing how a winger does it albeit on his weaker side. Alli showing everyone how to support.
Lamella started that goal near our own goal line. That was a fucking amazing goal. On first look it's just a tap in but he secured the ball and then sprinted the whole pitch. Chadli, Alli...So dangerous.
It's just a shame it was all undone by an out of control spinning top of a back line.
I feel bad for Jan. I knew we should have played the same team be city. Our midfielders did their job and Poch softened us up by putting on Townsend. His crossing was even worse than Roses scuff. Esp that cross from the left.
Wow. Lloris fault? Haha.
Trippier? You may want to ask why was Jan not in the box? Rose was being lazy at that point. It all got dragged sideways because Rose didn't press. Everyone had to fill in the gap left by Jan. the whole back line had to scramble because one player was walking around.
Rose and Eriksen were the reason we conceded. Not fucking Lloris!! They didn't press.