Cracking performance that in my opinion.
Migs: Best performance I've seen from him in a very long time. A few occasions he could have been forgiven for spilling a shot or a cross and he didn't, good hands tonight, well played. 7.5/10
Moreno: Relentless as ever, thought he seemed in position more than usual for him and overall shut down Trippier quite well even if he did pick up a rather soft yellow. 7/10
Klavan: Thought his passing was weak but other than that did well tonight and is a solid deputy to have. 7/10
Lucas: No way was that a penalty, soft as sh*t that decision. Disappointed for him because I thought he was our best defender on the night and right in there for MotM. 8/10
TAA: Good performance by the young lad, a couple of occasions bursting clear on the right and you can see huge potential in him. Can't wait to see him again in a red shirt, well played. 7/10
Grujic: Struggled a little at times and was probably our weakest midfielder on display. 6.5/10
Stewart: A couple of dodgy passes but overall I thought he played very well indeed. Marshalled their attacks well and has a nice instinct to go forward rather than sidewards with the first pass, good performance that. 7/10
Wijnaldum: Good to have him on the pitch because he does keep things ticking very well. Again coming close to scoring and that first goal for him isn't far away at all. Love his composure and he's surprisingly quick given the languid style of running he has. 7.5/10
Ejaria: Very good close control on occasion, can see he has got an awful lot of talent but tried to force things a little too often. When he learns to relax he'll offer much more. 6.5/10
Origi: Did very well on the night and could hear the fans singing his name loud and proud. Set Studge up for a couple of beautiful chances that really should have been buried and produced the shot of the night late into the second half that really did sting the hands of Vorm (who was contender for MotM). Electric pace and overall I thought this was his best display in a long time, well in Divock 7.5/10
Studge: I didn't think he had as good a half as the commentary team said in the first but was much better in the second, sure he missed a couple of chances but you could see he was the difference in the sides and is clearly ahead of this level to be fair to him. MotM and while I didn't see him sprint again (They played a poor offside more than it was his pace to see him clear on his second) he was the quality that saw us through and deserves the MotM vote. 8/10
Ings: Could clearly see he was trying that bit too hard, was beating himself up at the chance he missed and the yellow card for his first challenge was just poor referring, no malice, no danger to the opponent, just a slightly late challenge. Keep your chin up Ings lad, the chances will come again but sadly this one passed him by. 6/10
Clyne: Did well when coming on and shut down anything on this side that could potentially be a threat. 6/10
Can: While he was only on a very short time it was a very reassured few minutes, professional and helped see out the game very well indeed.
Jürgen: Some thought it was too many changes, maybe even a bit disrespectful to the competition but the quality on display went against that in my opinion. While they are a few levels below being ready, when judged in the context of what was against them we were the better team on the night and got the job done very well indeed. Could have been 4 or 5-1 and in truth I thought it should have been to nil as that pen was soft as can be. He'll be very pleased with what he's seen, I've little doubt about that and will be very happy we've managed to rest so many. Onwards to the quarter-finals we go, should be an interesting draw. 7.5/10
Well in Redmen!
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