I agree with most of that, particularly the way losing the centre backs has affected the entire side, even the strikers, not just the defence. There's more pressure on a striker to score in any situation when he knows we've got Kabak, Phillips or Williams in defence, than when he knows we've got Virg, Joe or Joel back there. If you're confident of a clean sheet, it must help relax you in finishing situations.
Don't agree with the Henderson comments though in any shape or form. He's the biggest positive presence on this set of players. Even more than Virgil. We've missed him a lot. It's a shame lots of Reds continue to underappreciate what he brings to the equation. I saw the Southampton highlights from last season: Henderson's calmness to take his goal; also what might have been pass of the season that just sort of curled exactly where Mo wanted it so he could score. It was like something out of crown green bowls. Then seeing how we struggled to do anything more than just about win last weekend against Southampton until the late second. Henderson drives this team in a way other players just don't.
As for the 'penalty' last night, that wasn't a penalty in a million years. Bailly played the ball. If it was anything it was just an accidental clash of legs, but technically if a foul had to be given it should have been given to United as Phillips clashed with Bailly after Bailly had nudged the ball away. Taylor was sh*t last night, he let loads of fouls on our players go, but he got the 'pen' right. Credit to the players that we didn't even need a dodgy pen to win the game. Could easily have scored 7 on the night without it.
I couldn't understand how we got a free kick for our 2nd. Goofy chucked himself to the ground in our area like his leg had been broken, we broke down the right, we should have gone for the kill but Salah just stopped to let Goofy get attention. I was doing my nut at Salah. Then next thing Taylor's given a free-kick for us, not a dropped ball. Wtf? I must have missed something. Maybe my stream froze and then jumped ahead a few seconds. Did Salah get booted by a United player or something?
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