Several times today, especially in the 2nd half, it was noticeable that when Villa were building from the back, Fred was pressing really high - virtually joining Cavani in a front 2, with Bruno dropping deeper.
Not sure what to make of it, but I thought it was interesting. Had a look at a player avg position map and he actually shows as the deepest midfielder, which kind of demonstrates how much ground he was covering.
On the ball he's obviously deficient, but I do wonder if we're tasking him with so much running that it's also perpetuating his technical flaws. He's busting a lung all over the place, it's got to be hard to switch from that mindset to being composed when in receipt of the ball. I'd be curious to see the distance covered stats but I can't find a site that shows this.