Well I was just working backwards. Same as United yesterday. Should AWB have pressured the cross - yes. Should Shaw, or maybe Maguire (can’t remember if he had a play on it) have dealt with it - yes. But at the end of the day the GK was there to bail his team out and he didn’t.
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Sa is set here. What are Coady and Saiss doing? If anything they are in his way. They need to be busting a gut to get back out.
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MacArthur has managed to dally loads, carry the ball, cut inside and release a pass. Saiss is finally trying to get out but it’s too late. Coady isn’t even trying to get out, he is shuffling accross, doing his customary stand 5 yards behind the defensive line. Zaha is trying to “stay onside” holding his run off Kilman but he didn’t need to as Saiss and Coady are playing him miles on.
Like I said, Sa and then Semedo fuck up. But if Coady and Saiss do there job properly then there’s no goal. There isn’t really any danger with MacArthur having the ball 35 yards out.
It’s a team game and when your team mate makes a mistake you try and bail them out