I love Hugo and I find myself defending him a lot on here for some strange reason and despite the commentators insistence that he'd had a great game, I didn't see it that way. He was very reactive rather than his usual proactive self, a couple of times he stayed at home which was strange for him and although it ultimately worked out in the end, I thought it was a poor decision and one that could've cost us, there was also a fair amount of flapping around in his own six yard box and then we had the Chiriches clearance off the line where for some strange reason hugo dived right over the ball. I knew it would be a contentious score but I don't care, I like to rate on what I see rather than what others tell me.
And yes, I thought our midfield was non existent, first half we literally had no central midfield, Chadli offered very little all game and Townsend but for a nice couple of clipped crosses didn't do a whole lot either.