Dele and Lucas were about a 4
The first 23 minutes were poor, though we still edged it. The next 22 were far better, and we were clearly ascending and would have deservedly led at half time had Son kept level or Lucas taken his easy chance. Then by the time we took the lead we fully deserved it, having controlled the entire hajf to that point and missed a couple chances you’d have expected us to score. Additionally, the goal might have been fortunes but when you constantly have corners, a by product of being dominant, eventually one ends up leading to a goal. The goal was coming with the possession we were enjoying and the areas we were enjoying it. Perhaps we weren’t slick and we were laboured, but we were pushing up against a 10 man defence, pretty much with all our players including centre backs in their half, and deserved to win by at least the margin that we did if not more.It's amazing how much the result influences these ratings here. Make no mistake, the first half was very poor and very few players can come away with any credit from it. The opening goal was a complete fluke and should have been disallowed, that meant West Ham had to come out and attack us which left space for Kane to get his goal. If it had been disallowed and we'd dropped points then half of you praising our players would be giving much lower scores.
GLC was easily the best player on the pitch. The back five all did pretty well particularly Dier. Kane was crap in the first half but got much better in the second. We looked a lot better when Lamela and Bergwijn came on. Alli and Son were both very poor (Son's disallowed goal aside), Lucas and Sissoko had a couple of good moments but largely ineffective.
The first 23 minutes were poor, though we still edged it. The next 22 were far better, and we were clearly ascending and would have deservedly led at half time had Son kept level or Lucas taken his easy chance. Then by the time we took the lead we fully deserved it, having controlled the entire hajf to that point and missed a couple chances you’d have expected us to score. Additionally, the goal might have been fortunes but when you constantly have corners, a by product of being dominant, eventually one ends up leading to a goal. The goal was coming with the possession we were enjoying and the areas we were enjoying it. Perhaps we weren’t slick and we were laboured, but we were pushing up against a 10 man defence, pretty much with all our players including centre backs in their half, and deserved to win by at least the margin that we did if not more.
I think Dele basically purely gets picked because of his goalscoring record. Who else can we play in that position can we rely on to score upwards of 10 league goals a season?Tis a pity Ndombele isn't rated, cuz based on available evidence, I'd start him over Dele every game