He does worry me a lot when he's up against the press, and yesterday didn't help. Not a massive issue but it is a flaw to his game.
Still think McT is our best midfielder in that regard... but yeah, as Fred has learned to become a good PL midfielder in the past few months, no reason he can't become better when being pressed either.
As soon as he has a player leaning into him he loses all balance and usually falls on his back, while under-hitting the pass. When closed down his options are to either immediately offload the ball, or accelerate out of the press. But he can't shield the ball, fend off the presser and then pick a calm pass like Matic often does. He will go over almost immediately when he comes into contact with the pressing player, and he will rarely get a foul for it.
It's part of the reason why I can never see him as a #6. He's still too dangerous in possession around our box and I'm surprised more teams don't target him when he drops deep to collect it. Watford's plan wasn't exactly novel or genius.
He's still a very useful CM though; good pace, passing range and pressing skills. I do however feel that he could eventually lose his place to McTominay if the latter continues improving and if we sign a specialist DM to replace Matic.