But seriously, I don't see a problem with people criticising Henderson for an inept midfield display. For me the only debate was who was worse - Hendo or Gini? Either way there's problems there against opponents of a high standard which I don't believe they have the capabilities to handle.
Fair enough, and I don't have a problem with criticising him either.
But he gets criticised almost every game, moreso than the others, even when he's by no means the worst performer.
When we play with Gini/Hendo/Milner in the middle, we can lack creativity and forward drive against the better sides, that's not news - Keita was supposed to help with that, but imho he's not shown enough for us yet - so Jürgen still has to go with those 3 in the middle sometimes [plus AOC injured, and I'm not sure Lallana will ever get back to his best form for us] - and out of all of that lot, Hendo gets most stick.
Last night Firmino was awful, and has been poor for quite a while, don't see the same aimed at him for his performances. Don't think Hendo was any worse than Salah yest, though Mane did well. Gini wasn't great. Don't think Keita added much when he came on. Studge or Shaq had no impact.
But Hendo still gets most airplay.
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