You people have really started overvaluing De Ligt's impact. He's not freaking peak Nesta. He did start playing much better, but even with him unless we were playing bottom feeders we were quite shaky. Torino, Napoli, Atalanta all had plenty of chances with him on the field.
We're not defending well as a team at all this season. Already 32 goals conceded when all last season we conceded 30 even with that shit ending when nobody cared and we lost a bunch of games. De Ligt was a starter for most of those.