David Silva - 2018/19 Performances

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Bluwhit said:
No sleep or very little, Mateo been ill. Getting better now. Hope that explains his below par performance. He tried for the team. Legend
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Did wonder, someone posted they'd seen him at Manchester Royal the night before? Alls well that ends well, Mateo ok and 3 points.
 
David was having an off night for sure against Liverpool - still, it's surprising that he was subbed off. Was his sub purely tactical, or did he pick up a knock/start not at full fitness?
 
CityInWashingtonState said:
David was having an off night for sure against Liverpool - still, it's surprising that he was subbed off. Was his sub purely tactical, or did he pick up a knock/start not at full fitness?
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I rewatched the game and I have to say it was tactical. We approached that game differently than we would against any other team. Lots of people would make the assumption that we didn't hold the ball well, but this was in Pep's tactical plan. He didn't want to get caught losing the ball in the middle of the park against this team who are clinical, so balls were played quickly up the pitch and we tried to bypass the midfield. Everytime our fullbacks got the ball it was played up the line or into channels instead. Laporte on the left to Sane and Danilo to Raheem. Consequently we lost the ball more and had to press more. Thus Bernardo looking like a possessed madman. Dave did have an off game on the ball for sure, but he's 34 and you can understand him not being able to do what Bernardo was doing thus the sub of Gundogan in for him.
 
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