I see Naylor tweeted the same thing but a few replies seem to think his info is wrong and that the cut off point has been and gone or has already been reset?
I’m mildly surprised how little coverage was afforded to Reece James tangling with Lamptey. Andy Townsend described it as “Lamptey ran across him to initiate contact”. Ok, but you can guarantee if Salah, Vardy, Kane or Ronaldo does the same thing it would no doubt be deemed clever as they “knew...
Honestly, stuff like that makes me bubble with pride.
Side note. For a couple of injury prone old veterans Lallana and Welbeck really do care which is fantastic too see.
Foot note. Solly giving Chelsea fans the middle finger is an absolute delight.
I think we can play a 4 when Lallana and Bissouma are available and the full backs are Cucu and Lamptey, Biss and Lama give the required protection to cover the full backs to attack and Cucu and TL have the pace and energy to get up and down the pitch. I do like the look of the back 3 but GP is...
Townsend said BDB was terrified of Lukaku so just hung on to him for 90 minutes, I could be wrong but I always thought that was man marking, he gave him no space to play in, tremendous performance from the big fella.
This. Pressed well with good numbers and intensity.
Also, Veltman and Burn played their pressing well, much easier when you have Lallana and Biss waiting to receive the ball as they can go any direction.