First half right in front of us NS police box, Willian was repeatedly unmarked, causing countless problems. Working with Antonee. Their most dangerous player, madness.
Perhaps it was our system and formation.
And Gross wasn’t part of the defence at all, he and Lallana sat between Ferguson...
Anyone able to get a heatmap of Gross or average player locations …. Sofascore?
Gross was upfield in the main, I can’t recall him operating as a RWB marking Willian.
The back was a regular 4 imho, Webster the RB. A very imperfect one in a very imperfect arrangement, leaving Willian completely unmarked time after time, he created danger with Robinson.
Contrast to Ajax and Fulham who had a RB man marking Mitoma, bolted to his side. The way Veltman operates...