Gervinho killed Ryan Taylor for the first 35~ minutes, but he then just about started to get to grips with him somewhat. When Ryan Taylor had to deal with Walcott he did it incredibly well.
I've not seen anyone's views on Simpson from here since the match, but I can't be the only one to think he was dreadful? His positioning is absolutely terrible, he's constantly in the wrong place. I was quite irritated that Ryan Taylor, a right-midfielder playing at left-back was taking up far superior defensive positions to our natural right-back, who was all over the shop for the vast majority of the game.