Not sure what you guys see in Cavani, I'm not seeing anything great so far. A 6/10 kind of shift if I have to put in something. No EPL Centre Back will quake in their boots yet.
That does not take away from a good team performance overall. To quote a certain French no.6 we are a breath of fresh air, without him. I'm not really tracking but I believe we must be winning and playing better without him. Covid or not, please take a look in the mirror, sir. Telles has his own Covid and is back before Shaw can say hamstring.
My MOM goes to Donny. Such a simple performance that shows you the anti-thesis of a Pogba. No need for extra touch, no need to draw an opponent in to tackle you before releasing the ball, just looking easy. Defends when he has to, supports the attack with discipline. Directs the ball correctly, and quickly too. His partnership with Fred makes me excited in ways I have not felt for a long time. Juices are flowing.
Of course its hard to snatch the MOM from Bruno, maybe you have to just give him one for every game he starts and give another vice-MOM award too.
There's a thread on about our left wing, it looks much better with Telles on it than Shaw, but we have to not get overly excited because Shaw sometimes also carries the entire attack on the left to good effect. Its those times when it doesn't work out that we have no avenue on the right wing.
I'm happy with Ole for once, he's trying his best without the right wing thing. It worked mildly with Rashford on the right, but I'm not super convinced because we did not see a good example of pure bred wing play from him today, on the right.
On the left, Martial right between a mess and a good performance. If he keeps this up, we'll be looking for a new left winger too. But I'd much rather have Rashford there with a new right winger. So this can only mean he's out by January if Cavani improves.