I thought last night went pretty much how everyone should have expected it to go. Hearts were always going to be in our face all night and that was always going to be difficult for us to play a short passing game, pretty much meaning our one touch passing or first touch had to be perfect. Unfortunately we don't have the Barca midfield and particularly the first 15 minutes of each half I thought our passing and first touch was poor which meant we didn't control the match for as long as we should have.
Shelvey had a night to forget as his passing was awful all night giving them possession in key areas on far too many occasions and Charlie Adam, who passed the ball ok, looked like was more intent on trying to stand out by doing too much at times.
Borini seems to be getting a bit of stick but I thought his movement was excellent and should have been clean through at least twice if not for a sh*te Lino. Particularly for a striker, there's a lot more to their game than just what they do with the ball and I thought Borini looked clever and full of running to make angles and space for others.
One noticeable difference was when joe Allen came on as his touch and passing was almost perfect and noticeably better than our other midfielders.
So all in all, not bad. A victory, clean sheet, stand out performance from Sterling and a fat photographer falling over in instalments being lifted back on to his feet by the cops. Good times.
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