The point is that we didn't dominate possession (54%) and they had more shots in total and more shots on target.
Defence aside, my main complaint is our final ball on the break. At least 4 or 5 times Son, Dele or Sissoko overhit routine passes on the edge of the Bournemouth box when we were on the break in brilliant positions. We just pissed away good chance after good chance. We really can't afford to keep doing that.
Stats really don't tell the story of that match. Bournemouth had a shoot on sight policy and took countless shots from 25-30 yards whereas we had far, far more clear cut chances and excellent moves against them on the break.The point is that we didn't dominate possession (54%) and they had more shots in total and more shots on target.
Those 2 goals really don't tell the full story.The point is that we didn't dominate possession (54%) and they had more shots in total and more shots on target.
Sometimes I think with the defence it's a self fulfilling prophecy. Conceding goals in any manner, deflections, set pieces etc. reduces confidence and in turn makes defending more panicked.The problem with the defense is a combination of a wobbly mentality and the lack of protection from midfield, IMO. I trust that Jose will sort out the former, but we'll need to invest in a top DM to fix the latter. It needs to happen in January.
Stop this positive nonsense.After the start to the season we had i’m buzzing with 3 points.
Jose has a lot to do to improve our defending
There are so many outrageous hissy fits on here, it’s hard to spot!Two people got it, maybe ?
100% mateImportant thing here is picking up maximum points.
We're only gonna improve defensively, if we need a change of personnel to do that then so be it.
In the first half he was just running straight at their full-back and was easily dummied out of the way. He's the master of the lazy leg and selling himself too easy. I wish I knew how to create gifs or clips to show just how bad it was. Some of it is laziness and some of it is just him being a bad defender with little-to-no awareness.I think Son started off well defensively but I've seen the same thing happen now two weeks in a row. We get to 3-0, mentally we start to switch off, but at the point where as a team, I presume are instructed, we sit back and decide to protect what we have is the same time where, however good they have been for the first 60-70 mins, on the left side Son and Alli switch off and desert their defensive duties (and today started wasting counter attacks late on) and on the right side Aurier and Sissoko switching off and getting caught out of position and making errors. When you throw in Dier being anonymous, Moura works hard when the ball is in his vincinty but has no positional discipline when it comes to tracking back, and Lo Celso feeling his way into new surroundings on top of that its asking for trouble. If you're going to sit back it has to be as a unit, having a couple of counter attack options yes, but you cant just be sitting back and inviting pressure and only five or six players actually contributing defensively. Whatever the scenario, score, stage of the game, you will run into trouble.
Bit of both I reckon. This is clearly Dele's best position and he's also been playing the ball a lot quicker and making more instinctive passes, whereas under Poch he would play it safe and hang onto the ball for far too long.Dele is back to playing in advanced areas of the pitch, instead of dropping deep to help out in CM. I think it's that simple, rather than a change in form (although Mourinho may have have given him a bit of a mental boost). Hopefully it continues!
Shame he’s a Liverpool loaneeWilson from Bournemouth Is one hell of an attacking threat. Hes a good player stepped up again this season. Especially in the absence of brooks.