The lack of attacking threat is a concern, it’s no secret that teams that stand off us when our defenders have the ball and get everyone behind the ball are difficult to break down. We look devoid of ideas, we incessantly bring the ball inside from the wide men and run into a shitload of traffic. At least Cancelo on a couple of occasions went outside their defender and gave them something else to consider.
We have a number of issues looking at that team today, the lack of a genuine striker seems the most obvious now Sergio seems to have picked up another niggle. A natural striker wins us that game today with the Sterling chance at the end.
However, all teams will endure their fair share of problems this year so despite having dropped too many points by our own standards so far this season, this may be a recurring theme across all teams this year. We certainly improved second half with the introduction of Foden, we do look less chaotic at the back and hopefully our depth of quality in the squad will be a vital factor as the season progresses.