Neville Kneville
Well-Known Member
It seemed that Pep was trying to start with the same shape and formation yesterday that we have had in the earlier games. So Yaya was mainly playing in the spaces that De Bruyne has been occupying. As an understudy for De Bruyne, Yaya is a square peg in round hole.
That's how it seemed to me. If he plays, he has to play as Yaya, not as DeBruyne. An alternative, not a like for like replacement.