Any team would struggle without their top 2 center backs and starting goalkeeper. The difference in quality between VDV and Cutí on the one hand and Dragu and Gray on the other hand is quite staggering. For starters, Gray is not a defender. He is a midfielder. He was put there because we have no choice. Secondly, Gray is 18 years old.
Let’s get real. Any club in the PL that uses their backup CB and a fill-in midfielder that happens to be 18 years old against Liverpool would get demolished like we did.
Our GK was not good again today.
What could you expect, realistically?
The midfield was atrocious, but VDV and Cutí are much more likely to be able to clean up their errors.
Ange in, but we need to build real depth.