Pep's players are notoriously known for their press and expertise in blocking off channels.
For goodness sake, we saw even against Villa how Kante struggled to create space for himself to allow a transition from defence to attack.
He shouldn't of played. Not the type of game for him.
Maybe when we have more lethal options up top, Lampard will start to bench him on games like this given our conversion rate will be a lot higher.
Don't think Oscar was ever as good as Mount is off the ball.
Not just that, it's the fact Mount transitions the ball very fast. Essential to our build up play.
How exactly? We are no better at defending than where we were exactly one year ago.
This is a coaching aspect. I even remember under Ancelotti, we were awful at defending set pieces.
Which is to be expected after a long break. Also, Villa were pressing intensely at that point, to which Reece came on without having a chance to get into the game.
Again, expected. People shouldn't really look at all into this.
Are there people that still genuinely think Kepa is the problem?
Look at these utter clowns that call themselves centre backs. All bloody season. Could you imagine if Villa got that equaliser after Christensen cocked that up?