You know, watching this game really makes me think our biggest weakness is at both FB spots. It really changes your team when you have attacking FBs that can actually attack.
It certainly helps but let's not get carried as we have issues all over the pitch just as important as the full backs.
I know it's become fashinable to blame all our attacking woes on the fullbacks, and it's certainly warranted however knowing their limitations they are certainly not being helped.
Knowing our fullbacks are not going to beat the opposition in 1v1 they need more help from the front 3.
Look at how narrow Coutinho and Firmino play so where is the chance of a overlap or a quick 1-2?
Look at City they quickly identify the chance of creating a overload on either side of the pitch and create miss matches with their full backs who are pretty similar to ours in ability but they recognise their limitations and get a lot more help to create gaps for them to exploit with quick crisp passing.
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