Son Sucked & Sissoko Silenced

My thanks to the superb Forensic Onions


Gazzaniga – Pretty decent apart from the odd spill. 

Trippier – Defensively solid enough, not allowed to offer anything offensively. 

Sanchez – Good game

Alderweireld – Nice ball for Kane. Defensively pretty good, though did lose his man badly at one corner. 

Rose – Really poor defensively for the first hour, was giving Hudson-Odoi far too much space and constantly allowed balls to come into the box, luckily the rookie didn’t make the most, but had that been a more experienced player it could have been fatal. Last 20 when Odoi was switched, he was OK. 

Sissoko – We desperately need someone who brings more, with and without the ball to this role. 

Winks – Defensively this was the toughest test he’s had for a while, and with the ball he needed more help from Eriksen and particularly Sissoko. Too often he was looking for a progressive pass and people weren’t available around him. 

Eriksen – This was his quietest game for a few months. Cheslea did a good job on him – Kante particularly – he still saw a bit more of the ball than Sissoko, but just did not effect the game enough.

Alli – Poor for the first hour or so, improved when dropped deeper. 

Son – Really poor game, not involved at all. Kane – Did really well to beat the offside and win the pen (and score it) and did work hard off the ball, but another starved of oxygen.