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I suspect there is some middle ground here. Yes there were errors prior to the goal, but Trix is dead on. He lost his man when he should have had his body on Firmino. (there has been quite a bit of that this year) No doubt Firmino had an outstanding turn but he would have struggled far more to make that turn had Japhet been touch tight and in a position to contest the possession as suggested. I would respectfully disagree with Trix that it was a slight blip. It was a major blip as a goal was scored. It is not surprising given he is an academy player on his first start against world class forwards. IMHO, it was a major blip on an outstanding performance all things considered. What i suspect we all can agree on is that at this moment, the future looks quite bright for Japhet
The point being that it's possible to look forward to his development whilst still judging him like other seniors.