Clearly the biggest reason why we lost it was lack of quality depth combined with injuries. If we've had Madders and Kulu and Solanke fully fit and available, it would have been different story. I enjoyed first 70-80 minutes. But then with subs we became much-much worse off. I mean, yea, already before subs we started to fall too deep and became bit too passive. So if we've had similar level subs coming from the bench, this could have still been reversed. We didn't, it wasn't.
So clearly it was not 100% Tel's fault. Not even close. But he was shockinly bad when he came on. I honestly do not recall a single right decision. Either it was not tracking back. Not closing down quickly enough. Or was it really-really stupid mistake that gave away free kick. It was ALL pathetic, sorry, it was. I think that as fans we should be able to say that - Tel performance yesterday was horrific and totally unacceptable. That does not mean that we should send him messages or comment on his social media or throw in racist or other personal abuse. But peformance we should be able to comment still.
P.S I was just thinking that in the light of offensive comments... I've commented/messaged exactly ONE player in my life. And it was Moussa Sissoko after CL final in 2019. After seeing us lose, we stayed in the pub and drank shots. And sang "Wake me up before you go go, who needs Bale when we got Sissoko"
. Message I tried to send him was something along the lines "Aghh, that penalty thing really sucked. But cheer up big fella. It was a good run to the final and things happen!"
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