Great win to keep the momentum going, don't forget that Mings made some good saves at Etihad. The quality is there, he lacks concentration in some games.
He saved 2 shots and conceded 1 that's still below average across the entire league.
As for the match I thought we did reasonably well considering the changes. Benteke did well for his goal but you could see the impact he also had on our interplay, it was completely different to how we set up against City. The fluidity and zip about out game appeared ripped out and while it obviously isn't the sole problem of Benteke it is the issue he causes. Again was found to be moving towards defenders when in good positions, for his first chance he actually moved behind the defender where if he'd moved in front he would have had a simple header 6 yards out. Should have scored later on twice when clean through and on his left hand side where he blazed it over but of course those that are a fan of the bloke will solely concentrate on the goal and for that he deserves tremendous credit, it was a game winning strike and what a strike! Another great goal for him to chalk up, lovely technique and no less than we deserved on the night.
Migs should quite simply be embarrassed, both for conceding the free-kick and then his positioning afterwards, taking his first move in behind the wall was inexcusable, he has to trust his wall there it's basic goalkeeping. The ball actually goes in almost within arms reach of his starting position (near the centre of the goal in other words), that step unbalances him and he's left flat footed looking a plonker again.
Thought Lucas had a cracking game and Ibeeeey also did well on quite a few occasions, definitely prefer the fluid interplay of the City game though and it will be very interesting to see which way Jürgen goes. There's actually a good chance, in my opinion, that Firmino might get a bit of a rest, not that he looked jaded but just to maintain levels. Certainly if we had the option of Sturridge I think that would be the case but as we don't it might be the case of limited choice and Roberto has to play.
Onwards we march into the knockout phase, honestly don't care too much about finishing top or 2nd because that game against Sion should and most probably will be used to rest vital players. Even so we should probably put them away but I'm not going to hold it over Jürgen if we do happen to lose that game due to resting vital first team players because we have to take the opportunity to do so where it's presented.
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