One clear winner today as he was at the heart of everything, and his engine is immense. He broke up opposition play, covered every blade of grass more than once, drove us forward and had a decisive hand in two of the goals.
Idrissa Gana Gueye.
Sigurdsson was not far off....as usual he worked his backside off closing down, chasing and harrying. His penalty miss would have jolted players with weaker mental strength, but with him it drove him on. His two strikes were technically excellent, the first especially.
Both full backs were great today both defensively and offensively, whilst Zouma and Keane individually played well. The back line as a unit still needs work as two or three times today we were very open. Richarlison came in for a lot of over-physical attention today, but credit to the lad in that he dealt with it and frightened them every time he had the ball.
Thought DCL struggled today....no real service but also his first touch wasn’t great.
Silva is starting to have an influence on the team and how it plays....you can see the players are starting to look fitter and that they are grasping his style of play. It’s a big change from the Neanderthal approach of last season which must have traumatised the players as much as it did the supporters.