For some reason he seems to have lost a lot of confidence. Who knows what's behind it, maybe something in his private that'll come out further down the line.
His passing was often inexplicably poor, such that he himself must have been wondering what the hell's going on with him. But in truth his game really wasn't all that bad yesterday. He was so unlucky with his superbly taken offside goal, had that stood how much might it have changed things? And overall despite his glaring errors he still successfully provided much of the essential link play that helped stick things together between defence and attack. Much of his play was quick, intelligent little one-twos, the sort of stuff that is less noticeable but is essential in keeping the attack moving forward.
On top of that, to his great credit he is still putting the graft in. I noticed one spell midway through the second half when he chased and harried from player to player without ever really getting close to tackling, yet the result was his efforts eventually helped win us possession from which we were able to launch another sustained attack.
For me it's significant that despite his generally poor form Poch continues to stick with him through it all. This speaks to me that he recognises the overall value and importance of Eriksen's role in our side. It's become a cliche that when Eriksen plays well so does the team. Well yesterday for once we won despite both him and the team mostly playing poorly. Of course the return of Kane coupled with Harry Wink's excellent first League start made a big difference, but I'd venture also that despite his mistakes Eriksen too played his part.
