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I noticed this too. He seemed to keel over during the celebrations immediately after the goal, which was worrying. Then was holding it and hobbling during the lap or appreciation.

If Verbruggen had been in the correct starting position that goal would never have been scored. The ball travelled to virtually the edge of the D - there’s no way Rashford should have beaten him to it. We gifted them the goal when we’d been the better side until then. Poor from our defenders...

Hang on, haven’t we recently beaten Chelsea, Fulham and Bournemouth, who are all direct competition for the European places?

Ah yes! Something I’d not considered. Thanks all.

I really did not understand why Webster was asked to play on for five minutes in midfield/up top when he could barely run and we still had a chance to win it in normal time, and Dunk was sitting on the bench. That alone makes me think it can’t have been too serious. Never seen anything like it...

Strange one. Probably one of the few positions I’d say he’s not really suited too. Great that he’s starting though, I guess.

Where is Jack playing?

A hideous imitation more like.

I’m struggling to understand how someone with those numbers in the Dutch top division hasn’t got a single international cap. He’s scored more goals over two seasons than most strikers. Something doesn’t add up!

Totally different player to Baleba, though. For me, one of our big strengths is that each of our midfield players is a different profile and that allows us to flex the combinations between and within games. Weiffer has been excellent with one major exception, which everyone jumped on. He keeps...

Yes good point. I agree.

My instinct is “no” but considering whether to rest players is in my view a bit simplistic. Yes, we should play our best team, but it’s important to remember we’ve got the biggest squad we’ve ever had. In some ways the question is not “should we rest those that have been starting?” but more “do...

It was noticeable how much calmer and controlled we were for the final few minutes when Weiffer came on. Long term I think he might be first choice with Baleba, although Gomez will have something to say about that if he continues last night’s form. I might depend on how we want to play, as it...

Both phenomenal but it terms of difficulty and technique it’s tonight. No contest.

Not a bad shout but, for all of his potential, I’d say that at this stage he’s not as defensively strong as March. All academic now, of course!