Could have won and could have lost today. Frustrating to not have won having been 2-0 up but at no point in the game did we have any control in midfield and although we looked like we could hurt them on the break and on the whole defended well, you can't just keep defending attack after attack for 90 minutes and expect not to concede.
I said it after Spurs and it was just as true today (and vs West Ham & Brighton) but we badly miss Thiago in these games. It's no coincidence that in every game where we've been wide open in midfield, he's not been available. Without Gini, Thiago is the one player in our side that can put his foot on the ball and retain possession for us in these fast and frantic matches. Being without Firmino today only added to the issue - having him available to drop into midfield and give us an extra man in there wouldn't have gone amiss either.
I said it after Spurs and it was just as true today (and vs West Ham & Brighton) but we badly miss Thiago in these games. It's no coincidence that in every game where we've been wide open in midfield, he's not been available. Without Gini, Thiago is the one player in our side that can put his foot on the ball and retain possession for us in these fast and frantic matches. Being without Firmino today only added to the issue - having him available to drop into midfield and give us an extra man in there wouldn't have gone amiss either.