Great game to be fair. Can't remember seeing a game where the players could barely run by the 88th minute. I expected a cagey game with two teams terrified of losing, but it was wide open, blood and thunder. It got card-heavy in the 2nd half, and it had to, it was at boiling point.
We lost, and we were dominated for 40 minutes, but the positives were that Mourinho reacted and reacted well. Can't remember seeing such a good reaction tactically since Fergie.
Herrera was immense when he came on. Perhaps the beginning of a shift to 4-3-3? We had a non-existent midfield when it was 4-2-3-1. I don't think 4-2-3-1 gets the best out of Pogba either. He was more in the game in the 2nd half.
Pleased with that 2nd half performance, and I hope Mourinho has learned a lot from that 1st half.
Bailly and Blind are class, but both should have done better for the 1st and 2nd goal respectively. Bailly had to win that aerial ball, or he had to drop off. He did neither. Blind fell asleep, and the 2nd goal shouldn't have happened.
Oh well. Still fairly pleased, which is weird. More positive signs in that 2nd half than we saw for a lot of last season.