I was with you until this!! Pjanic has been head and shoulders above everyone, clearly the best in the first half. Everywhere in midfield, defending well, and linking up in attack with more freedom than we have seen from him in a while.
He misplaced at least 3 passes and slowed down two of our counter attacks. He hasn’t been horrible and indeed did some good but Definitely not even close to being the best in the pitch, Dougie was light years ahead.
I totally get that. But it kind of kills the game for me imo. Makes you not able to celebrate any goal now, because you’re constantly waiting for VAR to inevitably ruin it. And it doesn’t stop the controversy anyway. I guarantee if Napoli have a similar goal ruled out next week, it’ll still be WW3 for us in the media
He misplaced at least 3 passes and slowed down two of our counter attacks. He hasn’t been horrible and indeed did some good but Definitely not even close to being the best in the pitch, Dougie was light years ahead.
No contest, it's Pjanic. The most tackles, the most dribbles after Costa, By far the most passes and with 91% success rate, twice more touches than Khedira and 5 times more than Matuidi. Linking up beautifully up front and taking care of everything in midfield.
Should have set up Ronaldo earlier on the goal that was cancelled. He didn't need that extra touch on the ball and my opinion is that it is quite typical for him.
True, the Sarriball actually quick touch even DC does not even need to trap the ball, he should aware the situation around him and directly give through pass to CR7 without trap the ball.
And for CR7, he does not even need to wait for the pass. He should run from behind at full speed to receive that pass
That's the real quick touch pass that Sarriball wanted
True, the Sarriball actually quick touch even DC does not even need to trap the ball, he should aware the situation around him and directly give through pass to CR7 without trap the ball.
And for CR7, he does not even need to wait for the pass. He should run from behind at full speed to receive that pass
That's the real quick touch pass that Sarriball wanted
All he is doing and is there to do is provide balance on the left, because Ronaldo has a free role and no defensive responsibility. He's literally just legs and tackles for the left of the pitch.
All he is doing and is there to do is provide balance on the left, because Ronaldo has a free role and no defensive responsibility. He's literally just legs and tackles for the left of the pitch.
Balance? He's been caught standing in the opponent's penalty box or attacking at the wrong moments and jogs back while they counter. He's been nonexistent in the middle for half the first half and is nowhere near the ball or play the other half.