Right, knee-jerk time perhaps, but i don't think it is.
This lad has tinkleed me off today beyond belief!!! We might as well have played with 10-men today, he did fudge all!! Walking around, not closing down. When the ball came near him he did his usual act of pussying out of it. Dangling a foot in and hoping for the best. When he did win the ball it was more luck than a tough tackle.
I don't care if he "isn't a tackling kind of player", it's a basic part of the game, even more so when we're playing a team who matched us for intensity.
Even Rose was caught on camera telling him to get in the and win it.
And when he did get the ball - what did he offer?? Where was the unlocking pass? Where was the creativity? No link up play (that seemed left to Dembele).
He looked totally lost out there and why Poch left him on the pitch was a mystery.
IMO the fans have been patient enough with him. Games like this are not made for him and he doesn't have a bit of impact. Poch should've left him for Anfield.
I saw the article that said he was one of the most overrated Prem players...i'm beginning, sadly, to agree with it.
He's a talented player no doubt, but right now, he's a complete passenger in a team pressing hard everywhere else!