The Japanese fans doing that pogo stick thing were fuckin nuts! It's like they were on Manchester's finest disco dust...
Both Kovacic & Nunes played well. It was against limited opposition, but you can only beat what's in front of you.
The turn & run from Nunes for the opener was absolute class. The through ball from Akanji to Kova was a thing of beauty. Kova still had a lot to do, but he kept to the right side of the defender, & what a fuckin shot into the roof of the net!
Rodri kept everything knitted together, aside from a crazy 5 minutes where he uncharacteristically had 4 brain farts on the trot. Thankfully there was no harm done, but it pisses me off that he even needs to play in matches like this. We're rinsing him dry, & we need to get the Philips situation sorted ASAP!
Grealish needs to quicken up his passing. He kept taking the extra touch, or holding onto the ball too long, which kept breaking up our tempo, & halting our buildup play.
The defence were relatively untroubled, & I prefer us with Aké in the side, as he brings a calmed assurance.
I couldn't believe that Gvardiol passed when in on goal. WTF was he thinking? ¯\_(⊙_ʖ⊙)_/¯
Oscar Bobb is getting more & more confident that he belongs at this level every time I see him. He's showing a level of composure beyond his years. The turn on the by-line, & the back heel around the corner to Nunes were just something else!
A few of the squad got a good run out tonight, & over all we did what we needed to do. Roll on Fluminense on Friday.
