The really disgraceful, unacceptable goal for me is their second. Ok, the third is a one on one, Stones allows himself to be physically bullied by a striker who is in blistering form – that happens (although I've looked at that about five times, and it may be an illusion, but it seems to me that Stones actually initially wins the ball, then tries to play a touch! rather than hoofing it absolutely anywhere, as you should do, when you're in your own area, if you get any kind of sniff, and against Falcao – but anyway, let that one go for the nonce, it may just be my mistaken impression and a deceptive camera angle, maybe Falcao always had the upper hand, and anyway the finish, let's just admit it, is sublime). But the second, I mean wt actual f! A dead ball situation, not from a difficult angle, that should be threatening nothing. Mbappé gets completely away from Otamendi (who should be clearly goal-side of him), then you see Otamendi look over at Stones briefly, as if to say 'Ok, mate, I've fucked that up, now you clean up'. Stones looks glassily over at Mbappé, but he's well aware that there's another Monaco attacker coming in completely unmarked, and if he commits to Mbappé, Mbappé will just square it behind him, leaving Willy on his own with an expanding net to defend. I know that Mbappé is bloody good, but that goal was just a complete mess between the two central defenders, initiated by what amounts to dereliction of duty by Otamendi.
Kolarov was injured, fair does. But I'd almost rather put my Norwegian Blue parrot alongside Stones than Otamendi.
