Midfield players it’s part but the majority of the passing yips came from primarily Burn and some from schar. Neither has enough pace to control large enough areas of the field without the ball. Creates issues with and without.
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Both burn and Schar with better pass accuracy than opposing CBs, no center mid had worse pass accuracy than Bruno/Tonali in that match. I definitely think we need to upgrade CBs in general, but I didn't think they were the main issue.
I thought the nerves throughout the team started when burn displaced a few passes. Flip side is that nobody was showing for an easy out ball. Either way it’s happened too often this season
First half Pope is giving the ball straight to midfielders who are comfortable on the ball; second half it was going to centre backs who lacked confidence, invited pressure and made mistakes.
I do think Pope's distribution both in terms of execution and decision-making put us under pressure. Dubravka has improved so much in that regard, so it was really apparent.
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