[UpWithRivers]

Beyond me how people think he has had a good game. Maybe you are comparing him to Mctominay. But he's several levels below a top midfield enforcer.

 

[sullydnl]

Actually, he's been excellent today.

 

[Pexbo]

Actually, he's been excellent today.

Yep very tidy.

 

[Fridge chutney]

Actually, he's been excellent today.

Apart from a couple of mistakes, including the goal, I agree.

 

[Amar__]

He is amazing defensively today, especially 1 one 1 situations, but I don't think he's been great on the ball at all.

 

[Gopher Brown]

He’s a big part of the reason our build-up play is so slow

 

[Paul778]

Lolz for Willian trying to read Mourinhos note to Matic

 

[Bojan11]

His best game for us.

Ffs hope he isn’t injured.

 

[Scarecrow]

He took over in the second half.

 

[Yagami]

Unlike most, I still don't think he's had a bad game for us in my opinion. He can't cover the entire midfield on his own like he's had to do on occasion. Love watching him play.

 

[MuranoLover]

If it was not him , they would have had at least 5-6 more dangerous attacks , great game

 

[Adam-Utd]

That's much more like it!

Dunno where this Matic has been for the last few months, but he suddenly turned into the Matic of the first few weeks.

Hopefully it wasn't just because it was against Chelsea, he needs to do that again week after week.

Fair play, I've been critical but he was very good.

 

[Idxomer]

Elevated his performance massively in the 2nd half. Fantastic stuff.

 

[Slevs]

This guy's a fecking warrior

 

[el3mel]

What a second half!! absolute beast!!

 

[Robbie Boy]

First half he was terrible. Second half was much better.

 

[villain]

Excellent performance in the second half, he was everywhere - his intensity increased too.
Would’ve been my MotM but for RedRom

 

[Raw]

That's the Matic I wanted!

 

[sullydnl]

Our best midfielder.

 

[Globule]

He was an absolute rock in that second half. Exactly what we needed.

 

[Santos J]

Good defensively in the 1st but was poor on the ball, was a machine in the 2nd half though.

 

[Silas]

Defensively, he was fantastic.

 

[Zoo]

Really good game.

 

[3KDré]

Won the ball back so many times.

 

[AngeloHenriquez]

he did eat the instructions passed to him, I wonder its like a CD to a computer... He did play like a machine

 

[rpitchfo]

Really baffles me how people can play so badly then turn it around after half time. That's the matic we need week in week out!

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Absolute beast. My man of the match.

 

[Francis Abernathy]

That was his best performance for months, second half especially he was very good.

 

[Godfather]

That second half of his was majestic.

 

[Kag]

Best he's played since September.

 

[Devil may care]

Combative, not great on the ball again but put a lot of mileage in competing.

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Easily the MOTM today. Best game in months.

 

[Buchan]

Outstanding once again. Pity he wasn't a few years younger - he'd marshall our midfield for years to come. The way he wins back possession looks so effortless.

 

[spontaneus1]

Really baffles me how people can play so badly then turn it around after half time. That's the matic we need week in week out!

Switched places with Martial.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

He was immense today.

 

[JinnerJamie]

Other than a few sloppy passes he was the player we thought we were getting.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

First half he was terrible. Second half was much better.

Was he feck, hence why I was in here at HT calling him the best player on the park and massively up for it.

Won so much ball today, was bang on from start to finish. No idea whatsoever as to what some of you were watching if you didn't think he had a good first half.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

What a performance. Not sure how he was bad in 1st...? Was nicking everything off Willian today and gave him no space at all. This is Matic we've missed for ages.

 

[breakout67]

Just so people have not realized, when Matic has someone next to him helping out the defence he performs like this. He was amazing for the first 10 or so games because Pogba was really up for it and was playing really well off the ball. But then, Pogba got injured and has not been able to recapture that form.

McTominay was basically a mini-Matic, when Matic would leave his space McTominay would cover him. When Matic would sit, McTominay would press. He was sharing the responsibility like a proper midfield partnership.

 

[marktan]

Been great all season. Still baffles me that Chelsea sold him to us.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

What a performance. Not sure how he was bad in 1st...? Was nicking everything off Willian today and gave him no space at all. This is Matic we've missed for ages.

Had the most passes on the pitch, around 89% accuracy. Won/intercepted the ball more than anyone.

And I checked at HT, his stats were pretty much 50% of the above. Just shows what a second half "win" can do to fans perceptions of performances.