About as unspectacular as you'd expect considering the lack of creative players playing. Nolito and Navas are willing grafters, but they've no magic in them, while Delph continues to be utterly pointless no matter where you play him. Zaba and Kolarov really don't have the pace or guile to create their own space, so without anyone creative to play them in we were pretty toothless. Fernandinho again struggled to really put in a performance when given a licence to push forward more.
The positives for me are that we are still in the cup and that the core back line of Bravo, Stones, Otamendi and Fernando were all excellent. Fernando probably my motm for the way he bullied the second half, winning all the loose balls and calmly passing it on to the players who were supposed to be creating. It more highlighted the need for another creative midfielder (or give Aleix a chance) and another winger with the pace and directness to cause problems for if either Sane or Sterling don't play.
The positives for me are that we are still in the cup and that the core back line of Bravo, Stones, Otamendi and Fernando were all excellent. Fernando probably my motm for the way he bullied the second half, winning all the loose balls and calmly passing it on to the players who were supposed to be creating. It more highlighted the need for another creative midfielder (or give Aleix a chance) and another winger with the pace and directness to cause problems for if either Sane or Sterling don't play.