He did alright, worked hard and always shows for the ball. He loses possession sometimes and makes bad calls under pressure but every midfield player in any team will do. I don't get the hate for him. The only thing id fault him for timigfht was that he was passing backwards a lot but I couldn't see from the tight camera angles as to whether that was because there was nothing showing for him further up with having no proper forwards playing
He frustrates the life out of me. He did some good things, nicking the ball, even going past the odd player, then would give a sloppy pass. Awful fir the corner for their goal, couldn’t sort his feet out.
the big problem is he’s not alone in being sloppy. Doucoure who we know what he brings and it’s been needed in our midfield, but he’s also average on the ball and gives it away.
Siggurdsson. Once he takes two touches and has a player or two near him, he losses it. Played a shocking pass to Digne for a one two, which lead to Doucoure getting booked.
Iwobi while not as bad also was sloppy at times. We can’t afford carry 2/3/4 players, who lose possession so easily especially no the midfield.
I think that’s why he brings Gomes on, he can’t be trusted to play 90mins but Carlo thinks he can at least keep the ball better, but even he gave it away cheaply in injury time.
Ancelotti is doing an incredible job with this set of players.