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Tactical analysis of the game last night -- the author highlights Zinchenko as the key for us. Most touches & passes. Zinchenko is a brilliant footballer. He is essentially a playmaker, from the left-back position. I don't think you could find anyone better than him in world football at that...

Bellingham is a world-class midfielder in the making, right up there with Camavinga for me. But in truth, that ship has sailed last summer. He's 17 and has just made his first "big" career move, and he's on a five-year contract. Dortmund will probably build the team around him, Reyna & Moukoko...

Walker doesn't have the technical ability of Cancelo or Zinchenko but he doesn't need to. He is a solid, solid RB whose recovery pace in defense is invaluable. No other defender in the team can bail us out like he can at times. He is never going to slot into midfield and keep things ticking...

Great player. Unorthodox at left-back, but you can always see his quality. Doesn't offer the overlapping threat or have the pure pace of a traditional left back, but makes up for it with his close control in tight spaces, technical ability and passing range. Every game he orchestrates a number...

Mate the chest control and cross on the first goal was Zinchenko.