ninjamonkey
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the defeat against real, although not a disaster of any magnitude, 3 of the 4 goals were conceded because of a deficiency in the left back area. i may be being over critical of the two left backs here as there were two youngsters in the central defense area also. apart from the corner (which also came in from the left, but you cant do anything about that!!) the other three goals came down our left side that real exploited to great success. kolorov was at fault entirely for the ronaldo goal for tracking him and not holding the defensive line. and the other two goals resulted from a lack of pressure on the ball from the lb position.
real are seeing an area of weakness in our defense, and its an area we have seen for a long time now. if they are seeing it it, manuel and his stats boys are too - and so are all the other teams we will eventually play this season.
in conclusion, we need a new left back and kolorov needs to go, and i say that as a fan that has never criticized him before.
Their first goal came from Nasri letting his man go and then if you want to be over critical, Denayer being on his heels, Nothing to do with kolarov. The second was Humphries not tracking Ronaldo, The fourth you could say Clichy could of done better but it was superb play from Isco, There's not many around that could of stopped him.