But we did get away with it, quite comfortably as well. I mean:to all those asking for players to be rested, your answer was right there, you cant get away with it, that was far too close for comfort
Walker stepped up and took it like a good un ;-)At least Sterling & Mahrez got a day off from abuse :)
Three excellent points today. More than that, another clean sheet, even with a changed back 4. And a lot of players rested who will start against Liverpool or Burnley - Sterling, Mahrez, Stones, Cancelo...
Onwards to Burnley, another game ticked off the list until KDB returns
I’m not sure if I understand fully but I like itAwesome!
I mean, the way Pep's has devised the positioning of our defence. Formally it's 4-3-3 but once the game is underway, it mutates to 3 at the back with Fernandinho in the vertice of the triangle. Zinchenko dwells inwards left to the middle as a false 5, 6 , 8?. Dias at the centre as a líbero, Laporte and Walker to the sides. Impermeable. Cue another clean sheet.
Buzzing. Top of the league.
Walker stepped up and took it like a good un ;-)
the late chance they had had me touching cloth and not good for the blood pressure
Good post IMO. That's exactly how I read it.Not at our best - we missed Cancelo, Stones, who pushes the ball forward quickly, and for all the stick he gets I think we missed Sterling's smart movement - but once we went 1-0 up I'm not sure it was ever really in doubt. What I like about that team is they can grind out wins like this, while resting key players and playing in shit conditions, which never quite felt the case in the past few years, even with the treble winning side.