Chirivella impressed me when he came on, very composed and kept the ball ticking. Milner was his usual self and his partner, Hendo not offering much because I felt he was too defensive, Chirivella coming on allowed him to move into the box-box role role and become more effective with our team looking more balanced.
Clyne and Gomez are quality, but still unsure on Gomez's offensive play. Difficult to judge Lovren as their attack was poor! Would have liked to have seen more Maguire, I think he could be a surprise this season!
Ibe was bright, and adding some spark into our attack, but I want to see him release the ball quicker and improve his end product. Lallana was average whilst Coutinho was very good despite not being match fit!
As for Ings and Origi, I think I would play Origi ahead, I just feel he has more pace, strength and power.
Overall, I felt first half was poor by our standards, but when 2nd half arrived and we managed to get that 1st goal, we improved. Still need to work on our passing game and play a specialist DM/DLPM, and with Firmino and Benteke to come in, I think we could trouble a lot of teams.
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