I'm thrilled we grinded out the 3 points. I'll write up a quick summary of the players
Buffon: Done what he had to, solid game. At fault for nothing, didn't have to do too much to keep us in it.
Barzagli: Typical performance really, the man is class.
Ogbonna: Had a great game overall, was very confident coming out from the defence and his passing was solid enough. Made some nice tackles
Chiellini: Decent showing, passing was a little off but he killed the game off. Should never have been booked
Peluso:
I like his hard-tackling style but ffs he's such a risk. 90 minutes = red card basically
Isla: Wasn't that bad, done an ok job. I don't like how timid he is going in for 50/50 balls at times. Meh. Not bad
Marchisio: Was decent enough, put in a good shift. I hope he's not injured because we'll need Asamoah in midfield (Which isn't bad in itsself) but Peluso playing 90 minutes in Turkey is a red card. No two ways about it.
Pogba: This role isn't suited to him, but he played well and kept the ball moving nicely enough
Vidal: What a man ffs
would definitely have his babies
Vucinic: Went off too early, it's a shame he's so injury prone because his football brain is excellent
Quagliarella: Nothing special, I do like how he actually shoots early unlike our other 400 strikers. But his decision making at times was bad.
Llorente: Too unselfish, bad finishing but his link-up play was nice. He needs to work on his finishing because he should have had 1 goal bare minimum, when he passed to Tevez instead of rounding the 'keeper I died a little bit inside. It's almost like he's trying to win everybody over. Or maybe he didn't trust himself to score.
Tevez: Nice workrate, lost the ball a few times. He seems to take the hardest options when dribbling. At one point he had acres of space to his left but chose to run at the Bologna CB. Why, I do not know.
Asamoah: Done well, definitely our best LWB. His little run towards the end of the game and ball to whoever (Vidal?) was nice. He'd be the real deal in midfield. Unfortunately whoever fills in for him at LWB is a pure liability.