Agree with JĆ¼rgen that the first was a foul on Ali. The one on Hendo was absolutely a red and it is very odd that VAR did not even call the ref to have another look at it.
However we got it back level by half time, and then threw in a poor second half. Our FBs were both particularly poor. i know Trent scored a great free kick, but he just switched off defensively for the 2nd half. Was defending at walking pace, letting people run off him. Don't who he thought he was marking for their 3rd either, just basically opted out of defending that corner. Robbo struggled all game - didn't want to put a cross in, despite loads of opportunities, just kept coming back inside.
I had Fab as MOTM up until the hour mark, but then his legs seemed to go. Just waved a foot at their player for their second goal, when he should have been sprinting to get back goalside. No surprise JĆ¼rgen subbed him off cos he looked out of steam. Hopefully just still getting his fitness back.
Thought Hendo and Mo (and Divock) played ok. Mane worked hard but finishing was off. Ox was his usual mixed bag. Virgil was good in a series of one on ones, but him and Matip obviously didn't really assert themselves in the air on the set pieces. Everybody else was pretty poor, especially 2nd half.
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