Another frustrating game, very much reflecting our season.
We failed to put the game to bed. Madison, Solanke, Son, Werner all with fantastic openings to score or setup a 3rd goal. And then we would have coasted home. Forster doesn’t protect his near post and they score a worldie. It’s a 1 out of 20 shot, that goes in.
Were we brilliant? No. But we should have been good enough to win.
We are a bit compromised atm. Not committing forward as much to get the third and with tired attackers we lack some
knock out punch. And we’re not good enough defensively to see out the game with all but Poro being stand ins. Our passing is also a bit compromised atm meaning we give up the ball too frequently. Often it’s passes that reach their man but are a bit hard to control, too slow etc. We need to refine our passing so the player receiving the ball can use it quickly and doesn’t struggle to control it.
Still massively impressed with how Gray is looking. There are moments of inexperience, and others where he shows his skill. I’m also impressed with Dragusin who has the physicality and instincts. Sometimes he lacks finesse and isn’t yet playing the ball out with confidence. Bentancur always seems to take a few games to get into his groove after he’s been out. Again today he didn’t seem fully up to speed, but great to have him back.