I actually think Poch will take being 1 goal down right now. We definitely could have been better, but we seem deliberately set up to contain, and have done a decent job of that. Our possession game is more about denying City the ball this half than being too expansive, although I think that will change in the next period.
I don’t really get how we slip up for their goals though. It is frustrating. KDB is obviously quality, but to give him so much space on the second, and Sterling so much on the first, I don’t understand why we enable that. They had targeted KWP with that cross, and Gundogan gambled giving KWP 3 players almost in his zone. Sissoko should have seen that and got closer to him.
For the second, Winks surely should have recognised KDB was the danger man and been closer. Sanchez also moves too far away, he adjusts back central before the ball has gone central.
These are silly errors, I don’t think it’s mystical ‘juego de position’ or even untraceable position play from KDB. If we were concentrating better, we would get there. It’s hard to do against a great team, but if we want to fight for big things we need to do it.