3-1 win, can't complain about the three points, and we're back on top of the table. Can't remember the last time we opened a season 5-1-1. I don't think we played particularly well either, but I think a large part of this is being without three of our starters in Coutinho, Johnson and Lucas. And on a related note to Johnson, Sterling at RWB is not a good thing. He was leaving so much space for Toure to cover that I'm surprised Palace didn't try to take more advantage of it.
I was watching this on a very choppy stream, I thought Henderson played well. But playing Henderson/Gerrard did leave a gap in front of the CBs, so by no means should we drop Lucas, and let that be a lesson for everyone who says so.
We definitely dropped off in the second half again, but when you walk in with a 3-0 scoreline, that's probably a natural instinct. We could have had a fourth in the half too, but Sturridge hit the post. I'm not really concerned in this instance. 1-0 and dropping off is always a bigger concern.
Set piece marking again though. Damn is that frustrating.
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