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It's been covered in so many post-Villa match comments in here, but I also wanted to mention just how crucial he was to the win on Saturday.
The 65 minutes before his entrance were forgettable at best, particularly with that haplessly narrow diamond shape with players running in each others way. Eriksen comes on, we switch to a 4-2-3-1, and suddenly everything clicks. Ndombele and Sissoko boss the middle, Lamela and Lucas go wide, and Kane has the areas available that he likes to move into... And central to all of them with this man seamlessly making it tick.
Christian, sign da ting....
It all really fell into place for Eriksen. The formation change gave him the perfect platform against a tiring team. Take nothing away from him, he did everything very well though. It's a shame that Winks will probably suffer the reverse effect though since he was at the base of the diamond and was subbed off for Eriksen.