Unbelievable performance and a fantastic result. I know it’s cliche and neville said it a few times during commentary but that was a true champions like performance. It was men against boys.
Before kick off I was a little bit nervous. I thought fabinho playing in the back four would cause us problems in midfield and we might get over run. But we controlled the game start to finish and it was just pure dominance.
Alisson - literally didn’t have a thing to do other than save a penalty.
Trent - he looked back to his best today after a poor performance v Leeds. Defensively solid, good going forward and some great balls into the box.
Fabinho - I like to give motm to the match winners or goal scorers but he was by far motm today. Immense. Didn’t put a foot wrong.
Vvd - Just like trent, looked back to his best. Didn’t put a foot wrong either.
Robertson - I’m like a broken record now but another one who didn’t put a foot wrong. Up and down the flank all game and defensively solid.
Hendo - Now I’m not a huge fan of Jordan playing in the holding role but thought he did a very good job in there today. Mopped up anything he had to and kept the ball moving.
Gini - Thought he was quiet in the first half but had a couple of half chances that he should have done better with. Grew into the game more in the second half though.
Keita - Similar performance to what we saw v Leeds. I don’t think he did anything particularly outstanding or of note but I don’t think he had a poor game either. He basically did his job. I’d like to see him involve himself a bit more (maybe he’s under managers order to be a bit more disciplined) because I know there’s a big player in there somewhere, I just want him to show it more.
Salah - I thought he had another good game. He looks sharp to me. Didn’t get the opportunity to score really other then right at the end which he perhaps should have, but he was always giving us options, always involved, he played well.
Mane - Can’t put into words how much I love sadio. He’s just exceptional and I love watching him play. Every game he works his socks off and he has the quality to really hurt teams. He keeps growing as a player too, he’s not just about pace and power which opposition fans might think possibly, he’s also unbelievably good on the ball too. Easily came second in my motm thoughts.
Bobby - It was hard for bobby today as Chelsea sat so deep so I think he struggled to find any space or time. Didn’t really involve himself in the game. I’d have liked minamino to have come on a bit earlier and hooked bobby to be honest.
Thiago - I’ve been an admirer of Thiago for a long time and I still can’t believe he plays for us now. I think we saw in just 45 minutes what a player he is. So comfortable on the ball, always asking for it and always giving his team mates an option. I thought he was brilliant to be honest. Giving the penalty away was a daft error though, maybe got a bit carried away.
Milner - He came on and just put in a typical milner performance. Experienced and controlled.
Minamino - didn’t get enough minutes to comment.
Absolutely buzzing with that performance. We were exceptional. The media were shagging Chelsea and suggesting they could rival us this season but we just went and showed them that we’re levels above. It was like a training exercise it was truly phenomenal. Well done reds.
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