I for one am not a stats fan, and every time SSN bring up Opta Stat I cringe. They mean f**k all! The only thing that matters is sticking the ball in the onion bag and stopping the opposition do the same!
I understand that, but if you look at all games in terms of stats, when one team has more possession, and more shots, and more shots on target, that team tends to score more goals and win more games. We beat United in all of these stats through the first 60 minutes. The only thing missing was a goal. It was unfortunate that we couldn't turn our dominance into goals, but on another day I think we would have....
I'm personally much happier with our performance in this game than I was with our recent performances against Basel, Sunderland, Leicester, or Stoke. In those games we looked abject and disjointed, but today we pressed well and won the ball back in good positions, strung quick and incisive attacking moves together, and created a handful of really good scoring chances. This was the most dangerous we have looked since Studge got injured. The finish wasn't there today, but if we continue to create as many opportunities in the upcoming games as we did today then it will eventually drop.
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