Thought he did well. Hope he gets the nod again Sunday.
looked decent.
Get Baba back.
Well with Alonso suspended I’d imagine that’s a given
You would think so, but conte came out the other day saying he doesn't think he can play twice in a few days yet.
Thought he was very good, some brilliant crosses.
I also thought he did well. There was a directness in his play. Looked to drive forward and get the ball in early. Far too often players like Moses, Aspi, Alonso etc dilly dally and end up playing the side or back pass...this lad was looking to link with Morata/Giroud rather than Cahill/Courtois.
One of the benefits of playing both strikers was that both Emerson and Moses could be direct as every time we got the ball wide near their box Morata & Giroud were in attacking positions on the shoulders of defenders. No surprise that Moses was man of the match given that we were four against four every time we attacked. Most of this season we have only had one player in the opposition box and only Hazard trying to carry the ball into the area.
I really like Willian but two of his failings are he doesn't get close to the main striker when we play with just one and he rarely goes beyond that striker into the penalty area. He likes to play in space but I don't think he likes going into the area where space is tighter. Personally, given that Fabregas is getting slower and slower by the game, Bakayoko is struggling, Drinkwater not fancied by Conte and Barkly seemingly lost, I wouldn't mind seeing either Willian or Pedro playing deeper next to Kante especially against the supposed weaker teams that we should be dominating in terms of possession.
I've been saying for ages that I think Willian would do a decent job as a CM - Gets around, burst of pace, can pass and shoot from distance - As long as there's someone who can tackle with him, he'd be great there.
Great post, you even reminded me we bought Barkley!
You speak more sense than the 'experts'on Sky/BT etc .
Was a bit gutted last Saturday v Saints watching Willian who has been our bright spark for the majority of the season. He was really disappointing until Giroud came on and changed the game.