We should have the 3 points in the bag but as is so often the case we haven’t turned our complete dominance into goals. Need to move the ball quicker in the final 3rd or we’ll pay the price.
Giving this guy another game for us in just a year after the absolute nonsense we witnessed last year itself is incompetency at best and corruption at worst.
Mo uses his strength while being wrestled to bring the ball down, then the ref blows a few seconds later after a Palace player goes down in a normal football tussle to get a free kick.
Crowd whistles loudly, so Curtis gets his final warning.
He’s getting sucked into the Palace diving. I don’t think Gakpo’s card was warranted. Macca’s was. But yeah he’s amateur with how Palace are playing him.
Palace will be itching to come attack us in the 2nd half. Our defence needs to be prepared and not switch off. Also we need to target fast counter attacks of our own. Looks like Szobo coming on.
Alexis. We know he’s been struggling a bit so maybe a planned change, maybe to protect him after the yellow. Regardless, he’s been playing a bit further forward today so it’s a straight forward change.