Rice and Saliba were immense. Saka and Martinelli kept fairly quiet. That’s not easy, you have to credit Newcastle for that.Rice and Saliba deserve better.
I mean whoever thought Havertz was a backup for Ødegaard clearly wasn't familiar with Havertz to begin with. The guy has never been a playmaker. Even at his best at Leverkusen he was a movement off-the-ball and hunt for chances type player who also helped with the link-up play. Like a tall and skinny Emile Smith Rowe basically.Today made it obvious that Havertz can't replace him. At least Ødegaard will try stuff to unlock defenses. Havertz will just make the easiest pass possible to get rid of the ball.
I think Liverpool will have something to say about that..We will finish 2nd, its clear as day
well, our number 10 and tcaptain is out....Can’t fault the team for the pressure in the last 30 minutes. But in terms of shots on goal it was pretty dismal. We’re just not creating enough.
Attacking three were poor. Rest were fine. We gave up one goal which should not have been given.Fair enough. Everyone else was diabolical though.