Looking at those stills I'm just as convinced as before that Walker was too far advanced, he did not need to be so far upfield because play was way over the other side of the pitch. Look at the massive amount of space between him and Rooney when things were starting to go pear-shaped. He should have been watching what was going on around him.
Yes he did brilliantly getting back so fast but had he been just a few yards less advanced he'd have not only got there in time but able to stay in control, instead of having to jab at the ball like he did and inadvertently steer it into our own net.
It ****ing drives me crazy the number of times this sort of thing happens to us. Our wing-backs are always getting too far upfield then discovering they're too far away from our own area to do anything about it when the opposition unexpectedly gain possession midfield and spring an attack.
It's a question of judgement and common sense when and how far to get upfield when the ball is still in your own half, especially given the number of times things go wrong.
As I said before, a similar thing happened in the friendly only a few days earlier against RM when Bentaleb misplaced a pass in front the box as we were building from the back only for Bale to seize on the mistake and gleefully plant the ball in the back of the net. Not saying any blame attaches to Walker on that occasion, more that it should have been a warning not to get too far upfield too soon in case things go wrong as we bring the ball forward out of defence.
No wonder we concede so many soft goals, especially to top teams that have sussed our style of play and find it such a doddle to exploit the wide open spaces we leave at the back.
As I've said before he had an excellent game yesterday but as one of the back four so distant from the rest he was not entirely blameless for the goal.
