Disappointing performance and result. With Chelsea being our direct rivals to 4th place, we had to get at least a draw to stay in touch with them. Instead, we played poorly and deserved to get beaten. This defeat might come back to affect us later in the season. After the rare win over Emirates Marketing Project, we showed yet again that we are mentally weak against the big teams. We really need more big-name players with big-match meteorology.
Our attack had a poor match. We did create a few goal scoring chances but wasted them all. Moura, Tanganga and Ndombele really should have done better with their chances. We badly missed the goals of the injured Kane and Son. Without them, we don't really have a reliable goal scorers. Thought Moura or Bergwijn will inspire us but they didn't have much impact. Credit to Lamela for forcing the own goal late in the match. Wish we had started Lamela who could have lifted the team with his work rate and passion. Alli cannot complain about being dropped as he had been poor for some time now.
We lost this match in midfield. Our midfield got outplayed yet again. Winks is simply not good enough while Ndombele and Lo Celso failed to lift their game. This match shows yet again that we need a top quality defensive midfielder. Wish we still have Dembele to control the midfield.
Our defence went to sleep for both their goals. Lloris and the defence really should have done better for both the goals. It was really poor of Lloris to be beaten at his near post for the first goal. Our defence should have stopped the shot instead of ball-watching for the second goal as well.
We could have moved above Chelsea into 4th place if we had won this match. Instead, we now have to look for our rivals to drop points to help us get back into the top 4 race. Hope we will improve our performance and results in the coming matches.
