I watched Dave closely yesterday, it was painful at times.
There was at least three occasions when De Gea had the freedom of going quick and passing straight into the centre.
It resulted in the second goal. Some people might only see the pivotal moments that lead directly to a goal?
I saw Silva standing essentially as a fucking striker without once being aware that McTominay was in acres and running right off the back of him.
Martial tucked right into midfield to stop Angelino joining up, allowing James to stay wide and rip up to shreds.
Angelino is not good enough for us but a huge liability for us is Sterling not getting back to help any of our left-backs, it's half-arsed and doesn't go with the runner or overlap.
When Laporte plays, he remedies a lot of this issue because he senses the danger and shifts across. In addition, teams are also wary of his excellent passing and ability to open up the other side of the pitch with his wand crossfield ball out to Bernardo or Mahrez.
Personally, I also don't think Kevin should ever be in the engine room, he doesn't have the fitness capacity our game puts on it.
He should play out wide, even if that means impacting Bernardo, Silva or Mahrez.
Kev must play, as must another set of legs to help Rodri, who I felt very sorry for yesterday.
