Nemanja Matic

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Knackered from minute 1.

[Barbara 15,149]

I can't even fault him... he's been absolutely spent... exhausted, overplayed. We all know stamina was never his forte, we should have tried to rotate him a bit more... even if that means playing Mikel... he's way too valuable (tactically our most important player) for us to overplay him like that. He needs a rest.

[iseah100 5,612]

Jose is running our guys into the ground.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

If I was Real Madrid, ManU or Arsenal, I would do whatever it takes to sign this guy. Matic is exactly what many top teams in today's football need. We have to make sure he is not overplayed now or otherwise our season is over.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

His performance against tottenham was terrible because he was made to man-mark erikson. I watched parts of the game again and he was practically made to follow him all round the pitch when we were defending. Big mistake

Eriksson took him out of the middle to ivanovics side and the whole center of our midfield was wide open. Even oscar had to come back to the middle to mark Kane to no avail.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

He's been so poor in the big games this season. Just shocking in possession and his reading of the game was abysmal.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Rest him.

[lionsden 4,689]

His worst game for us after the spurs one. Our midfield was completly overran and dominated.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He's being overplayed, simple as.

No need for him to play tonight. Ramires' energy on the counter-attack and as part of a high-pressure system would have been more suited. Mikel bossed a midfield in a UCL final, he can do the job well enough. Having the two of them in there was mental, they almost got in each other's way. It's called a double pivot for a reason; one player sits, one player marauds. Doesn't work when both sit. It causes mayhem defensively as neither shows any sense of being proactive in closing people down. Invites so much pressure onto the defence.

[zolayes 14,489]

one of his poorer games tonight.. but he is allowed a few

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Yeah, very poor and not for the first time. He was poor against Spurs and Southampton too.

[LAB 1,030]

Matter of tiredness. He must be rested on Saturday.

[Styles 9,790]

He has bad games quite often now in my opinion.

[DYC. 7,542]

Yeah, very poor and not for the first time. He was poor against Spurs and Southampton too.

He had a poor game and ended up with 7 tackles, 2 interceptions, 3 clearances, 1 blocked shot and 100% aerials won. Imagine how much work he had to do. Today was not a good day.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

He had a poor game and ended up with 7 tackles, 2 interceptions, 3 clearances, 1 blocked shot and 100% aerials won. Imagine how much work he had to do. Today was not a good day.

His positioning and tactical awareness was off today. Stats can't show it.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Poor, not helped by everyone skipping past his partner mikel

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Up (or down) there with Iva as our worst performer yesterday, and that's saying something! And in the end when he just kept giving them the ball 30 yards from our goal..

[LondonsFinest 692]

Up (or down) there with Iva as our worst performer yesterday, and that's saying something! And in the end when he just kept giving them the ball 30 yards from our goal..

In the first half his tackles were great, then Obi, was passed a lot. In the second he changed, missplaced passes, missing the man. He didn't control the centre and Obi didn't help either. I think with the pace Coutinho and Sterling both offered, Ramires was a must. Then again, he may not yet be ready.