it does show you that as much as you can have all the free flowing football you want, titles are won on sound defensive players.....I wouldn't want to play like chelsea but there back 4 can all defend whereas ours for the most of the season have been really poor....and our GK situation needs to be addressed as number one priority in the summer..neither are good enough. Some questioned the dropping of hart but we backed pep due to his need for keepers who could use their feet.....btu neither of ours at present are very good at the most basic job with their hands....
They parked the bus and we had no answer
we played well but we lacked that spark......sane was poor tonight as was KDB - two players who we need to be stepping up (not so much sane) - KDB in particular needs to be dropped..he has been really poor for a while now.
Navas - well we all know his limitations which are considerable. He has never done anything to dispel those and tonight was no different
Positives were Kompany and Delph (a bit limited player but did his job well tonight...long term he aint what is needed though). Great to see a commanding performance from Kompany again...loked knackered and understandably rusty but still by far our best defender and his distribution was fantastic as well.....Stones could learn a lot from watching how to battle physically with a player like Costa as Kompany did all night....
we need to finish top 4 and its going to the wire....