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How do you think he did yesterday?
Personally I thought yesterday he was a bit better than of late and made some very good runs. Like you say sometimes his decision making lets him down but I thought his movement was very good yesterday and defenders have a hard time in following/dealing with him. I do think we need to learn how better to use the space Dele opens up with his movement.
I don't think there's ever an issue with his runs or movement off the ball, it's his strength, that intuition and his pitch presence are what are ahead of his years. I think he was a bit better yesterday than he has been in other recent games, but for me there was still a little too much wastage, not difficult wastage, simple wastage, and I do think in our system a player in his remit needs to do a bit more, contribute a bit more with the ball to general game play and work a bit harder without the ball. He wasn't the worst out there yesterday IMO, he contributed more than Kane and Son.
There's always compromises with players, especially at our salary point, I accept this and most weeks Alli would start for me, I just think a couple of weeks off might focus and motivate him? Even one week might do it, just jog him, let him know he has to to keep learning and working.