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Agreed.
I don’t blame him at all. AWB should have taken the responsibility on board.
Also we should never have been in that position. MMM let the team down big time
He was wrong to expect his CB who had looked twice at the player, and was standing in the middle of the goal, where the ball was crossed in, to actually do his job and defend?
I'm convinced people would still be in here moaning if we'd have won tonight really 
He was very good aside from being out of position for the goal.
He was very good aside from being out of position for the goal.
Pretty sure he told Bruno to "go take it in the arse you motherfecker" in Portuguese
Your CB has to be picking up the 6ft plus striker there. He has to take charge.
Imagine if the ball is in the air and AWB is marking him properly, who would be favourite? AWB is an idiot for just letting him go like that, but Lindelof HAS to take charge of the scenario
I love our Evans. But when he replaced either Rio or Vidic when they were injured, you just felt the difference.
Nah totally disagree, the right back doesn't have to stop defending when a striker wanders to a more central position.
I'm not saying Lindelof did well for the goal, but to absolve AWB of blame is now in my opinion.
Would be happy if this was his final game for us.
He was good aside from costing us the game isn't an ideal write up.I'm convinced people would still be in here moaning if we'd have won tonight really
He was very good aside from being out of position for the goal.
He had a lot of nerve mouthing off to Bruno after the goal
AWB could clearly see that Lindelof had turned his back to deal with the cross. Lindelof looked twice and both times AWB was picking up the man. AWB is at fault for letting him go free.
Never rated him, never will.
Williams is trying to block the cross, what are Maguire and Lindelof doing? Sevilla have one striker on the pitch, so who are they marking? All four were horrendous tonight. Losing 3 semis out of 3 doesn't look good.
Because there is an expectation that the two people in front of the ball, the keeper and Lindelof would take care of it. If you've played football, you know. You can't defend from behind a player, you can only defend in front of the ball.
What you gonna do if you are following behind? Foul and give a penalty? Get out of position and the ball falls to a winger and concede?
Amazes me how any United fans can like and defend him. One of the worst CBs we've ever had.
Its amazing the mental gymnastics the Lindelovers in this thread will go to. Now they've decided Lindelof has pioneered a new position where you play in the middle of your own goal, but you dont need to defend. As long as you look decent on the ball you had a great game. Madness
Expecting zonal marking to work when under such dynamic fluid pressure is absurd!
So is it his fault or not ?I'm convinced people would still be in here moaning if we'd have won tonight really
He was very good aside from being out of position for the goal.
You think the club has 60m spare for the next hipster signing?
Both Lindelof and AWB were equally responsible. Not sure why Lindelof is getting the stick
Because players move. De Jong makes a blind side run and he's got acres of space to move into because Maguire was a good 4/5 yards outside to where he needs to be. AWB didn't get caught wrong side, he literally left the player he was marking, and I mean, he literally walked away. It wasn't a run, it wasn't a bit of clever movement, he was just left alone to do what exactly? He had nothing else he could possibly do.
Maguire is not covering Williams. If Williams gets beat then Maguire steps out, or, more likely, the CMs come across to cover. Because Maguire is out of position Lindelof steps forward and then AWB covers Lindelof. That's what defenders do. If one player gets caught out you shift across to cover. You get taught that in the u10s. Lindelof could have been more side on but honestly, he should be taking marginal blame.
The whole point is the striker in the penalty box ISNT AWBs man. it’s Lindelöfs responsibility.
AWB went tight to him like every full back will do, and then expected Lindelöf to get tight to him. What does he do? Just stand there and watch the ball. If he even made the slightest attempt to block him it’s no goal. He can’t defend crosses properly at all.
I've said his positioning was poor. AWB is most at fault IMO.
AWB is getting plenty of stick in his thread, believe me. And deservedly so.
Last time I checked, positioning is actually about putting or moving yourself into space, yeah?I don't need to
Maybe you do.
It's literally impossible that he gets anywhere near the cross,. His positioning is at fault there, just like Maguire.
He pulls his head in also.
I've said the same, too, mate.
We can't just have Maguire and Shaw - who both play on the same side - as our only players capable of defending aerial balls. It's a recipe for disaster.
looked more like filho da puta to me
He is just not good enough. And something needs to change.
DDG gives no help to his CBs in crosses as he is glued to his line, so you better make sure that both your CBs are very good in the air.
DDG gives no help to his CBs in crosses as he is glued to his line, so you better make sure that both your CBs are very good in the air.
Yes because Lindelöf should have marked him and he didn’t, how is that difficult to understand? Would you want williams marking the striker if the cross came from the other side? Of course not.
He's played a part in too many balls-ups at the back. Time to go. I don't see the opposition making it easy for us but we continue to give away stupid goals. Win nothing with players of that level.
De Jong did what every striker does nowadays, go between the CB and fullback, rather than the two CBs. It is not a big issue if your defenders communicate, which ours didn't do. Both knew very well where De Jong was, but neither picked him up. Lindelöf is the man to take him though, because it is at the end of the day his area of the pitch and he is the CB. If AWB told him he would take him, fair enough, but he didn't. Neither did Lindelöf tell him he should take him.
At the end of the day, Lindelöf has to take that ball. He doesn't, he wanders around and ball watches, as usual. His fans will always defend him, but at the end of the day, every professional knows that Lindelöf has to take charge these in these circumstances. Bruno was rightly at him, because he is the main culprit. He knows it too. But his fans will always blame others.
At the end of the day, Lindelöf has to take that ball. He doesn't, he wanders around and ball watches, as usual. His fans will always defend him, but at the end of the day, every professional knows that Lindelöf has to take charge these in these circumstances. Bruno was rightly at him, because he is the main culprit. He knows it too. But his fans will always blame others.
He can only see that after the ball has gone past Lindelof bizarrely. Until that point theres no reason to think that his CB, who looked at the player twice, is going to pretend he hasnt seen a striker in the box and do nothing.
Got a right bollocking off Fernandes for that second goal and rightly so, completely unacceptable to switch off like that in a semi. In all honesty, I think anyone who thinks he's as good as Maguire is living in dream land.
You see Maguire more out of position and you know you have a spare player behind you in AWB. What do you do? Do you cover and mark the striker, leaving AWB with nothing to do, or do you shift across?
It went 2/3 feet over his head FFS
Glad most if not all are criticising this piss poor average defender.
However, I'm surprised there isn't more highlight his 'defending' on the first goal? I'm not a fan (clearly) of Lindelfo and I would say the second goal is more 'on' AWB but the first is just absolutely typical of him. Covering without doing anything.
However, I'm surprised there isn't more highlight his 'defending' on the first goal? I'm not a fan (clearly) of Lindelfo and I would say the second goal is more 'on' AWB but the first is just absolutely typical of him. Covering without doing anything.
Lindelof should have done better. I agree should have taken control. But it is not right to say that neither picked up the player. AWB has DeJong and then lets him go
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