On a night where Fred, Lukaku, Shaw, McTominay and Smalling all produced doubter smashing results people still decide to write off one of our players.
Ive backed Shaw, Smalling and Mctominay from the start. Shaw even when Van Gaal and Mourinho refused to play him, Smallings always been our best pure defensive player for me and Mctominay has always been solid for a 22 year old and will only improve with age.
Fred I thought in his first few games he looked good on the ball, but still yet to decide if he has it or not. Lukaku can destroy our build up every now and then but his goal record speaks for itself.
Thing with Bailly is that he's never defensively convinced me, ever. He's had so many blunders in his 2 and a half seasons with us, and he gets a pass because he's okay on the ball and can be aggressive. But he lacks serious awareness and that raw defensive ability. He played PSG onside for the first goal and then let the man behind him run past him, and should've covered Mbappe in the first leg. Smalling in that position concedes neither of those goals. Imo he'll be closer to a player like Mustafi by the end of his career than someone like Rio. But I did write Lindelof off after his first season with us and he's been great this season so I could well be wrong, but I just haven't seen it with Bailly yet.