
I really don't know how people are saying he was man of the match. I haven't really liked his performances so far this season.
His first half seemed dictated by instructions to play deep and defend. He was mostly anonymous, and I thought he was having a poor match.
The second half, he made lots of runs forward and got involved in the play in counterattacks and running at the Milan backline to cause all sorts of headaches. And besides the assist, what I particularly liked about his performance was winning balls in one-on-one challenges on the ground. He pick-pocketed Milan dribblers numerous times and sent the squad pivoting in the other direction.
Easy MoM pick for me as I said a few pages back in the match thread. So suck it.
