nevilletogoater-in said:
Kolorov made 16 crosses on Saturday, 11 of them didn't beat the first man. Also it's worth noting that 2 of their 3 goals came down our left hand side.
Clichy needs to start every game!!!
Kolarov as usual was our main attacking threats from set pieces, put a free header on Marios head and scored himself. That is 4 goals and eight assists from memory now for the season. A fantastic record.
Your point about being down his side is pointless unless he is culpable.
The second goal was a quick free kick taken by Sunderland, Silva was infield as usual leaving Kolarov alone with Yaya coming across. Yaya went to the man with kolarov holding back to mark the man outside of him, Yaya got beaten by the player with the Sunderland man putting the ball in before Kolarov reached him.
Fo the third a number of players were culpable. Mario lost it in midfield, there was no pressure on the Seessegnon from De jong allowing the pass to be threaded through. Komapny inexplicably tried to push out being caught between playing offside and closing down the man, allowing the Sunderland man to run through. At that stage Kolarov and Toure were left in a mess. Arguably better communication would have prevented Toure neither coming to the ball or being tight of his man,but without being on the field of play it is impossible to suggest who was at fault. However in general footballers when a player is running wide, defenders protect the central positions particularly when support is close at hand.
One of the main issues with the left flank is the role of Silva. Who likes to come inside and roam from left to right leaving the whole flank exposed, with only Kolarov in attendance. Hence the reason De jong was playing to offer additional cover. Unfortunately not just on that flank the nature of the game led to us being continually stretched all over the pitch
