Come on. Let’s not make this win more than it is. We deployed our full armoury without exception against some kids who have never played a single premiership match. This could/should end up in double figures for us.
It’s a training match. Attack vs Defence. Nothing more. Anybody who reads anything too much, positive or negative, into this game needs a head wobble.
It should. Anything less than 10 would be a failure of our attack. These kids are dead on their feet.
How did we not score many more against a completely inexperienced young defence? Training session for us and not a good one either.
Couldn’t win in this game but we got the job done. Fair play to villa in that first half, took their chance. Second half experience and quality prevailed and we didn’t let them out their own half. nice for mane and Salah to get on score sheet. Shaq must be pushing for a start in the league. Guys our most creative player at the moment and done far more than the rest of our squad
First half, poor Second half, good enough for the night We need to convert posession into goals and stop being caught on the counter.
Positive: Even at 1-1 it was never in doubt. Negative: It's the second time Rhys has been shown wanting for pace, and conceded because of it - it's very risky playing a high line when you don't have the players with the speed to recover.
yes he can. He just can't play a high line unless he's alongside Joe or Virgil. Neither can Matip and Fab, for that matter, and Lovren either when he was here.