We have a very potent front three but no midfield to feed them. Only Tiago was playing the ball forward when he got it..
Talking of Tiago, getting booked after two minutes didnāt help his game either..
God knows what we were to expect of Milner and Shaqiri when they came on..
This playing the ball back to the keeper who then plays it back out to one of his defenders is happening across the PL these days.
Ederson did it loads of times.
I kinda of get the fact that its all part of the āmodern gameā but if you press high against the keeper and defenders the law of averages will tell you that youāll panic the keeper and win the ball back.. or in our case today, receive the ball direct to your feet from the keeper.
A strange goalkeeping tactic which Iām not a fan of, never have been and never will be.. JUST BOOT THE BALL UP THE PITCH !!
We just seem to be running on empty these days and Iām struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
We have some tough fixtures coming up and if we donāt get our sh*t together we could well out of both CL & PL by Easter..
Shame we couldnāt hear the barrage of whistles from the crowd every time Sterling touched the ball today.
Nice touch with the fireworks though whoever got that one together...
Weāre most certainly walking through a storm right now, just gotta stick together and hold our heads up high.
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