Smal

this has been an absolutely fantastic performance so far all over the pitch. Bruno having his best game for a while - coming deep to help Tonali in possession and also managing to break up the pitch really, really well. 4! fucking hell

Harvey so inevitable when he gets into that position. What a boy

what a signing

Pope’s cost is a fair few this season

think he gets a touch

our right hand side is ruining them

Murphy is world class

normally confident Isak buries those

please win

PSG aren’t very good

he’s nowhere near as proactive as Burn has been in the last 6 months or so. It’s one of the main reasons why the gap between defence and midfield isn’t being as easily exploited now. Burn is winning almost twice as many aerial challenges as Botman (last season) per 90, and competing in around 50% more ground duels too. There’s been a notable difference.

I hope he’s been watching how aggressively Burn plays, and how proactive he is with his defending high up the pitch. It’s fundamental to how we want to play and Botman needs to add it to his game.

think if they had a DM who hadn’t actually died they’d have been able to get back and put a tackle in but Eriksen might even be slower than Bruno

Salah is a ludicrous athlete as well, which Barnes will never have.

nah man, not on this.

he can definitely score more goals btw. Ball striking and finishing seems really top level for a midfielder.

since he came back we’ve not had his previous attacking presence, but it feels like he wins every tackle and duel? Was really good at getting the ball out from the back today too.

I’m not sure there’s a more ruthlessly efficient player. We just have to give him chances.

win the remaining home games and that puts us on 68 points. Should be enough for top 5 by itself.

happy birthday!

4th foul for Dorgu

I kind of wish we’d give him a rest sometimes but then he starts sprinting up the field to press their full back when we’re 4-1 up with less than 10 minutes to play and I think… nah, he’s fine.

Fab has been so bad in the duels today

really irritating that they scored just as we’d pretty much started controlling the game. Spawny cunts.

has to do way better with that header ffs