The goal is exactly why I don’t prefer him as Maguire’s partner. Why is Maguire so out of position? Who knows, but he does that all the time. Maguire is a player who attacks the ball. If we want to play him, we must accept that. If we want him to play to his strengths, we must allow that he leaves his position all the time. What we need is a partner who covers for him. Everybody seem to think speed is all you need to cover for Maguire, but what you need is anticipation and reading the game. I’m also angry with Pogba. Both him and Bailly did not only miss to cover but both casually jogging home at the goal.
That said, I think we don’t need to over react. When Bailly plays well, people react like he is world class. When he is having a not so good game like tonight, people react like he is awful. He was not good, but not really bad either. For me the big thing was that there was no chemistry between the defenders, they didn’t work as a unit at all tonight which they did vs Liverpool. But Bailly was not that bad as some claim. And to blame him for almost scoring an own goal,what was he supposed to do? He got 5/10 from me.