Whilst I think we were unlucky today regarding the goals, it was by far our worst performance & our first worrying one for me. West Ham & Juve we were the better side & 9 times out of 10 win those matches - today however the second half was so poor from an effort point of view, showed nothing. Everything just seems to be going against us currently, from injuries, to decisions, to wonder goals everyone seems to be able to put into the corner from 30 yards - that side of it hopefully has to turn around at some point, but there seemed a weird lack of effort to get back in the game today.
Negatives:
• Aguero needs to just start shooting, he's not in form & is still trying far to hard to create the perfect chance by dribbling past everyone - just start hitting a few shots!
• Kolarov is so lazy defending it's almost comical, you can accept it at times when we're playing well going forward, but he must be one of the worst defenders in the league in terms of defensive ability - an area we must improve next summer.
• We can't play such a high line with slow defenders, we looked in trouble all the time with balls over the top or any foot races even against average paced players. Demichelis for me has to be replaced by Denayer next season, no question.
• Someone needs to lead on the pitch when Kompany is not there, we fell to pieces far too easily & no one took charge.
• Caballero is not good enough, 2nd goal & a big turning point was on him, can't give such a cheap goal.
• We need to learn to defend set pieces, comical how dangerous teams look against us from dead ball situations.
• Yet more injuries; Yaya & Hart. Season has unraveled due to injuries for me, you can't bring in new players, and lose all your key players & expect to keep performing well as a team - we need Silva, Kompany, Hart & Yaya back, impossible to lose 80% of your spine whilst integrating new players & starting a new 11 each week.
Positives:
• Zabaleta, Kompany & Nasri back on bench.
• KdB once again looking our best player.
• Using up all the bad luck early in the season?
The key for me is the injuries, the constant chopping & changing makes it hard to find any rhythm, our defence went from 5 clean sheets to changing, to conceding lots of goals - Silva was pumping out assists & dictating the game, then gets injured & we struggle. If we get our players back within a week or 2 I still see us going on to win the title, if we have another 5-6 weeks of this rubbish injury crisis I think we'll be in massive trouble.
