Different team in both phases since the switch to 433. 442 hybrid is just awful for everything but giving Di Maria a breather defensively. But fuck it, that's why you have 5 subs and new wingers in the team. Let him run it out for 60 then sub out.
Referee is awful. A foul is not a foul, a clean tackle is a foul. Doesn't whistle a foul on Bremer, then books the Sassuolo player. Clear penalty on Sandro etc.
Can't keep the ball with these two b2b mids, they're too deep, they don't have solutions in their brain to find passing lanes. Use their athleticism to press Sassuolo higher, win the ball higher, then go back if they beat the press.
Sandro great, Vlahović underwhelming despite the goal although some passes were too late.
Di Maria is class, nothing new.
Danilo was excellent, got forward more tonight than the entire last season.