Litch
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Did well today, just thought like the rest of the midfield started to look leggy as the game went on....
Agree. As good as he has been with more forward passes, he does lose his man too regularly for me in a defensive situation. I'm not knocking the guy, I think his legs just don't quite work as well as they used to.Becoming more apparent that while he can pass it forward well enough, he really struggles against mobile midfielders. Couldn't track his runners at all tonight, we need a competent back up so he can have a rest every now and then, he's basically been playing nonstop this season.
My main gripe with him is his lack of awareness and inability to correctly judge when he can and can't 'skill' past players. He has had the ball stolen from behind him at least a dozen times this season. You also see him frequently jog back instead of busting a gut. There was an instance last game where it was clear as day that the ball from the left was going to be cut back to the only arsenal player in the box, and he just makes no attempt at all to intercept the pass and walks behind the arsenal player who ended up fluffing his shot anyway I believe. Thankfully he has improved considerably since OGS took over.Another very good performance. Matic has been a good signing, and played well for most of his time here. I don't understand why he gets so much stick and lots of people talk like he should be replaced.
Thought he was really on his game tonight.. The second half the best I have seen him play for us.Was it me or was he actually quite quick tonight (or are Burnley just slow?) Either way, I thought he was really good.
He was very good for long spells under Jose. People just never appreciated him and only choose to focus on when he was having a poor patch and also on his slow pace.He played really good. A different player under OGS.
Has to do a job for 2 midfielder because Pereira stinking the place out. I saw him busting his guts trying to cover for Pereira getting outrun in Burnley first chance.Burnley pressed him well and limited his passing range in the game I felt.