So take off Kovacic. He is non entity anyway in these games against deeper defences. Ruben on please. 

Kova has given them 3 opportunities now. We need to be sharper in passing

Teams seem to have cottoned on pressing us high up the pitch

Haha my stream is miles behind so was waiting for the 'bad pass' to happen. Was making a little wager in my head about who the culprit would be...

Kovacic Being Very Lax With His Passing, That's A Few Times Now They've Countered On Us Now

2 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Sideways, backwards, sideways, backwards, sideways, overhit through ball.

Have you ever watched us play before dude?

RLC for Kovacic, Chilwell on for Alonso. Too many errors and endless passing.

We are giving Juve far too much respect. Juve is playing like Burnley ffs

Just now, Deino said:

Kova has given them 3 opportunities now. We need to be sharper in passing

And Jorginho has given away one, but Rabiot spurned the chance.

They can't keep doing that without Kante in there to mop up.

Man we're moving the ball way too slow, a couple of times we've opted to go wide rather than play the inside fwd in through the channel.

Their game plan is working ours is not. We are the least dangerous side with the ball in Europe.

We should probably have considered starting at least one player who will run with the ball

Kovacic has always had this sloppiness in his game. At times he is great but when he's bad, he's a real liability.

 

Why is Tom Rosenthal playing for Juve tonight?

Only Bad Thing With Ziyech And Havertz Playing, Both Like It To Their Feet And Don't Often Run Into Space

The more games that go by the more I realise we miss Pulisic's direct play, we just don't have enough players that will take their man on go to the byline and cut it back. Better yet dribble through and shoot, CHO end product isn't up to Pulisic's standard.

This game is perfect for Loftus Cheek.

This is crap so far. We are seeing a lot of the ball, but movement up front is poor and the passes are too slow in attacking areas. We have given them chances by giving the ball away as well.

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11 minutes ago, goose said:

Seems to be keen to impress for a chance and putting a bit of work in.

Exactly. I like the motivation he's showing 

Looks like Tuchel was a half season wonder lol 

6 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Teams seem to have cottoned on pressing us high up the pitch

What are the manager's tactics to deal with that observation?

This is a 4-4-2 and setup for counter attacks by Alegri. We can play more possession but still with better attacks in a 4-4-1-1.

This is one of those big European nights! We should be up for this but we're treating it like we're away to Burnley

We’re are back to being very inefficient when teams play with a low block and press us with intensity.

Is it just me or has Ziyech been a non-factor thus far.