Some positives - slightly better home performance with some decent midfield passing. Stombouli and Dembele showing they can be good players for us. Even with the middle two changing we seem a more settled side now.
I thought the full backs could have done more in the final third - instead of cross, dummy the cross, and cut back. Then move the ball or pass to a midfield runner (another missing element) into that area around the edge of the box. You see chelsea do it all the time. Work the ball wide in the final third, a sprinting runner from midfield along the line of the box takes a pass - and from there they can pass across goal, shoot etc. We were too obvious, the full backs need to be trickier and we need better movement from deep.
But all in all a decent performance. Eriken is golden. He doesn't need much space or lots of opportunities. Even with Kane on song, Eriksen is still out most important player. One is 21, the other 22!
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Some positives - slightly better home performance with some decent midfield passing. Stombouli and Dembele showing they can be good players for us. Even with the middle two changing we seem a more settled side now.
I thought the full backs could have done more in the final third - instead of cross, dummy the cross, and cut back. Then move the ball or pass to a midfield runner (another missing element) into that area around the edge of the box. You see chelsea do it all the time. Work the ball wide in the final third, a sprinting runner from midfield along the line of the box takes a pass - and from there they can pass across goal, shoot etc. We were too obvious, the full backs need to be trickier and we need better movement from deep.
But all in all a decent performance. Eriken is golden. He doesn't need much space or lots of opportunities. Even with Kane on song, Eriksen is still out most important player. One is 21, the other 22!
