Difficult game, Shakhtar is a truly great team, no doubt about that.
Think it's a fair result in the end, though it has to be said that they had the best & biggest chances. We're clearly not used (yet) to playing teams that couple quality with guts & take the game to us. Took us quite a while to get (somewhat of) a hold on the game. As soon as we took some risks ourselves, they troubled us. Quite a lot of trouble, I might add.
In terms of positioning (as a unit), our defence ranged from poor to awful. A few rookie mistakes, but a very difficult game. Managed to soak up quite a lot of pressure as well.
Marchisio was our best player. By some margin imo.
Very poor game in the final third. Frustrating Mirko, sloppy Matri & Quag whose main contribution was killing a fast break by holding the ball far too long. Giovinco at least provided some spark, even if he did look weaker than a six year old kid who's been struck by the flu.
The group was interesting to begin with, and got even more interesting last night. Let's see if we're strong enough to make it.