That was way, way too easy for a European away match. CSKA were incredibly poor. Of course, we helped to make them look poor with Martial, Mkhitaryan, and Lukaku all firing. The CSKA centrebacks looked like they didn't want any part of Lukaku and let him have his way with them. Herrera and Matic were also given space to work in and ran the game from midfield. It could've easily been 6 or 7 if not for the goalkeeper. Even Blind and Darmian had a shout from in close.
What's really irritating about the goal we allowed is that it didn't come from a world-class strike or some brilliant turn of play. It was avoidable if Bailly was more committed to stopping the run and we didn't keep letting passes get in behind during the last 10 minutes or so. Like in the Burton match, it didn't really matter but one day it might. The way we were defensively alert against Southampton last week should be how we always go about it.
This was still a very good win for us and puts us in great position for moving through to the knockouts. I thought Benfica had a spot locked up in our group but...apparently not
. If we can get another 3 points there, that should allow us to play a weaker team for the last couple of games (so long as Jose chooses to do that...).