Horrible game to watch but it was slightly entertaining in a way. I find myself giggling throughout this season’s games because it’s so absurd how we have dropped off. We were abysmal at times and we just need the season to end so we can rebuild. We still could have won it if Fab’s shot didn’t get blocked, but we were more than fortunate that Chelsea are allergic to scoring goals.
Alisson did well. Konate was my MOTM but I feel Matip also did alright. Tsimikas and Gomez were pants. I’d bin Gomez in the summer if possible; he genuinely looks like one of the worst players in the league. It’s sad.
The midfield was poor but I thought Fabinho actually did ok, at least for this season’s standards. He still got ran past badly at one point, but I thought he looked a little sharper than he has been. Best of the bunch imo. Jones didn’t do it for me. He played a nicely weighted pass to Jota (I think) and had a couple more decent passes and touches, but he kept falling on his ass and looked tame in 50-50s. I’m okay with giving him some more chances as we don’t really have much to lose now, but his performance didn’t inspire me.
The front three did ok in the first half. Bobby had some nice touches and passes. Jota is not a RW but was alright when he got the ball in the first half. Nunez was our main threat and he did alright. I didn’t like seeing him come off but maybe there’s still concerns about the little injury he had.
I’m not looking forward to Arsenal but with TAA, VVD, Robbo, and Salah rested tonight, that makes me feel a tiny bit better about things.
We desperately miss Luiz Diaz. I think he had a huge impact last season and without him I don’t think we would have done as well as we did. I can’t wait until he’s back. People can criticise his goals/assists output, but we just play better with him in the team and I have never seen any evidence of him downing tools.
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