Absolutely brilliant game and I think on balance a draw was probably fair but we could have scored 5 or 6, so it goes to show so could they.
Can was head and shoulders above anyone out there today, an absolutely fantastic performance by the lad. Bobby, Lallana, Matip our other really positive performers.
Now I'd love someone to go back through that match and count the number of crosses we blocked to get in the box. I think it was perhaps 2 from Milner and 1 from Clyne out of over 20 the entire match. Their defending was absolutely embarrassing, thankfully for the most part Matip, Klavan and Can managed to bail them out time and time again.
We couldn't keep bailing them out though and Klavan just slightly misjudged it and Aguero finished well. At the other end Lallana had a tap in, Mane had one from the penalty spot rolled to him, another 6 yards out he couldn't get good contact on and we won a pen, all created by Bobby, yet he's "so wasteful in attack". The 3 chances he missed, he hit one through the legs of a defender and it just went on the outside of the post, the second he took a shot that he was clearly knackered with (you know he hasn't trained this week and he's carrying an injury and he's played almost every minute, but no slack given.) No surprise he was subbed just after, people asking why he didn't pass to Lallana, well he'd just put one on a plate for him, so he thought he'd try and take responsibility. The final and biggest chance he missed was from a difficult angle, he got it on target and the keeper got his angles right but of course Bobby should score that.... Go and watch what Aguero missed all day and then realise the standard you're holding him to.
Well played lads, loved the game, loved our attitude towards it and we remain unbeaten in the top 6 mini league. Shame it isn't decided on that because we're about 5 points clear!
Good performance that though, huge amount of positives to take forward.
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