1. This is what I was saying all summer long when people were talking about our defence. We have Tuanzebe and Mengi coming through, plus we already have Maguire. There are not many teams with better options if you actually watch the games. Why pay 80m for a defender when you can develop one or two with that potential. It was about patience, which our fans have not had.
2. Telles coming in was a massive coup. He is a good footballer and you could see it throughout the game with his touches. He and Bruno constantly had good touches throughout the game. When we had ashley young playing there, we would constantly lose the ball on the channels, same with williams and shaw too. Add that to his crossing then we really have something moving forward. Better still, it will lead to AWB being able to have less pressure on him offensively.
3. AWB shows his quality. We have one of the top, if not the best defensive full back in football at the moment, who does have shortcomings in attack, but not enough to make him not functional there. With a player of his skill, we should be focusing on creating an environment that allows him to express his defensive skills. Hopefully with Telles coming in, we have the balance to play him deeper.
4. Bruno is quality. People like to talk about how loose his passing can be, but that is because he is creative and has flair. It's his job to take those risks. His touches are usually fantastic ( as it was tonight) and that mixed with his risk taking allowed him to create chance after chance tonight.
5. Our forward line is not as perfect as our fans want to believe. A lot of wasted opportunites that did not even end up in shots due to indecisiveness. I don't believe both Rashford and Martial will be starting for us a year or two from now, I believe it is an either or situation. Greenwood will. If he had those opportunites tonight, he would have buried them. Even in regard to this season, it would not shock me if Cavani took the main striker role if he comes back fit.
6. Pogba is in trouble. I initially believed him sitting out the game on the weekend was for this game, but he's been dropped. Hopefully VDB can show the defensive energy needed to start alongside Mctominay or Fred. He is the only centre midfielder outside of Pogba that has the forward passing ability. I honestly believe we would have torn PSG apart if either Fred or Mctominay could find the line breaking pass.