Defensively, Johnson and Jones worried me.
Jones never looks set, he just stares at shots which pass him with his feet rooted to the ground, sometimes he drops to his knee's instead of making an actual dive which is worrying. His lack of vision and distribution only annoys me further. Personally think Reina and Mignolet have to battle it out if we want a decent keeper next season, because having Jones as no.2 will not help us at all.
Johnson, terrible on the ball, looks nervous when dribbling with it and can never seem to get past any players, defensively he is 10x worse, can't position himself well enough and doesn't close down players quick enough, would much rather have Flanagan out on the right with Enrique out on the left.
In an attacking sense we were ok but not amazing, some moments of creativity not many though. Coutinho, Markovic and Sterling looked sharp.
Coutinho, seems very energetic these days and it seems like he doesn't want to let games pass him by without having a strong influence, however he needs to relax when trying to produce a final ball, it seems rushed and uneasy.
Markovic seems rapid on the ball, couple quick runs he had today, when playing week in and week out with Sterling and Sturridge, he will get more and more oppertunities to score and make things happen, looks promising so far.
Sterling picked up where he left off, with a nice finish and a couple of neat touches here and there for me he was our brightest player.
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