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Nicola Berti
Bringing on Sarr while Lloris, Dier and Romero are playing walking tippy tappy at the back, then see Peresic stuck back there at RB being walked around??Can you think of a more jittery player to bring on away from home while the team is lacking confidence and shape, replacing a player who's played well and can at least control a football and make a pass? Snachez didn't close the shot just swayed out the way.
Bringing on Sarr was the only sub that made sense we were swamped in midfield and they shot and scored from the middle of pitch right outside our box. Football 101. Shaky situation, protecting a lead - pack the middle. We left it exposed and weakened our defense.
The thing is with new managers, they are learning. They see training pitch Sanchez. Whereas we know he isn't commanding or confident in a hostile game like that. Stalini won't make that mistake again. But even playing Sanchez in midfield we'd have won. Take off Lenglet, get compact and put a wall up in front of the defence.
yes an extra mid would have been nice, but ffs it was 10vs11, so I do not accept that subs or bringing on an extra mid cost us anything. The lack of actually giving a crap and fighting for every ball did