My observation/non-criticism is that we were actually putting in more of a shift in the first hour of the game. I saw the extended highlights this morning, and I'd forgotten the number of chances we actually created in that first hour. Fulham did have a few opportunities after that, but...
Those are precisely the players/positions, along with Hemed and the full-backs, that have to cover the most distance during the game. I think our tiring was the result of the combination of three factors:
i. the shift we put in in the first hour
ii. the heat and humidity
iii. we're just into the...
If it's a question of who played better between Bruno and Kayal, then it was Bruno. Some people have got Kayal-tinted glasses,* today wasn't his best game.
* I have but, then again, I've got Bruno-tinted speccies too
Stockdale 7.5 -- one great save, highly competent for all else, distribution mainly good
Bruno 8 -- Rosenoir's going to find it difficult to start at right-back
Greer 7 -- solid, great captain's performance
The Honey Monster 7 -- good debut, looks like a cracking defender, there was one incident...