Was it cruyff that said that all goals are preceeded by a mistake from someone I think?
It fits well here. Lindelof is a bit soft in duels and letting attackers in front of him, but to only concede two "almost chances" against an opposition that is on a 21 game winning streak is pretty solid.
But that is to take a player relying on fullbacks, a goalkeeper and his midfield in isolation
He has great help from the fullbacks and Maguire is far more active doing most of the defending, and Henderson has a good presence and came for crosses which is something we dont usually have from our keeper
Who else has that help? Not many.
I would say no team in the premier league has that amount of help as 2 great fullbacks, a CB who will take charge and deal with most things so he doesnt have to and for this specific match a goalkeeper who you can be confident in dealing with crosses and physicality.
So when you are protected that much and then there are 2 mistakes that could have ended up in the back of the net if the player was sharp then its not that impressive. Put a lot of other players in that same position and they'd have done the same or better.
Now on the ball he's done better this season than in the past. He's added some good long passes for the attackers to his game and continued to play a few good passes up into midfield. And he's happy to run the ball into space past some attackers. In that area I think he's in the top 5-10 CBs in the league same with Maguire. But I would also say that at times Bailly has looked just as good at it.