SebastianBlue
President, International Julian Alvarez Fan Club
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Hot take: this lad is really fairly good.
I think he's enjoying playing with Bernardo tbh, it gives him the licence to overlap at will. With Sterling on the right, he has to make sure he's not running into the same space. Bernardo's weight of pass I think helps him a lot as well, he's had a few the past couple of games where the layoff pass has been perfect for him to either cross first time or take his man on with his first touch without slowing down and that makes life near impossible for the defender.Has he gone up a few levels the past few weeks or is it just me?
http://www.squawka.com/comparison-m...tted/interceptions/clearances/yellow_cards#90
I think all bias aside you have to say Walker is at least the third best RB in world football, if not better. These are per 90 numbers in each league between him, Alves, and Carvajal.
Edit: here's a CL comparison with the same metrics.
http://www.squawka.com/comparison-m...tted/interceptions/clearances/yellow_cards#90
Top class defenders shouldn't be making mistakes like that. They're lower league mistakes, but, hey, Walker makes a mistake and our two rather costly CBs can't prevent a run-of-the mill player clipping one in the corner. A dog's breakfast all round.
In one. It's a piss poor mistake from Walker but the reaction of Stones and Otamendi was so delayed it was borderline ridiculous. We were cut open all night.