Nico had a good match last night in Dortmund.
1st half Germany went full power and had to pay the bill later in the 2nd half. A bit like dippers (without cheated penalties..).
Like City, Argentina had a defence that rarely played together befre and the problems were apparent.
But Rojo was the main problem, not Nico. That's for sure.
I know many on here like to put complex things easy and pick out a scapegoat.
But they completely ignore the clownery of silly passing from Walker, Mahrez, Cancelo and Rodri
that made our CBs look stupid, Fern included (0-2 vs Wolves).
We don't have to discuss Nico's defending skills in detail as long as the rest of the team refuse to do their part of defence
and on top let the CBs find themselves at the halfway line with pants down to happily invite opponents to easy breaks.
When we stand high the passing has to be perfect. It's not difficult, it's daily routine. But they were afraid to fail vs Wolves.
Sloppy mistakes will be cleaned up sometimes by CBs and Ed, but not as often as vs Wolves.
Nico ist still a hard worker and fighter, strong against the man, and he's the only one of that calibre right now.
We have a huge a problem vs physical sides in PL matches and the next one will be Palace...
I don't worry about Nico - if the teams returns to playing as a team and fights against being bullied in any single 1on1.
I do worry about Stones.
I have no idea where he stands - physically but also in terms of personal life and where his head is.
Garcia and THB surely can play the odd match, but not permanently and not vs physical sides. No way.