I think as far as hard work goes he is definitely better than Coutinho. Offensively I dont think he is though. Even without as good as strikers as Coutinho has I feel he lacks that creative spark that Coutinho is able to pull off when asked to. A lack of imagination more so than skill.
Mikel takes their captain out, and probably saved Lampard there. No way that ref would have kept him on if all the atletico players surrounded him without Mikel and Azpilicueta stopping them.
It's going to be sad, but I would not be shocked if he stopped all comments on his Facebook page. Even pictures of his daughters now have people attacking him for not passing to salah and being a racist despite the fact that both he and salah have a great understanding between them for just having played 2 or so matches together.
In what world was Willian awful? He was decent enough. Big energy, Assisted a goal, put in plenty of good crosses, and set up a clear chance for Ba. Exactly what you would want from a creator. He was far from awful.