I was at the game. I was in East Stand slightly towards our right wing so I didn't get the best view of most of his touches. I was actually very interested to see what you lot made of his performance, as you probably had a better view than me, dodgy camera work aside.
First involvement aside he looked excellent to me. Very fast, made himself available for the pass quite well, visibly troubled the Everton defence, and generally just seemed to give us some fresh impetus when he came on. Dare I say it, it wasn't that dissimilar to some of Ronaldo's earlier cameos.
At the risk of a getting a torrent of abuse by comparing him to Nani prematurely, he seems to release the ball quickly and accurately when he's already decided he's not going to try to beat his marker, whereas Nani tends to fanny about for a bit regardless before making a pass. I'm not saying he's a better option than Nani just yet, but his ability to release the ball quickly is a definite advantage.
That breakaway (from one of their corners I think?) was comfortably his best bit of play. Excellent skill and pace, and great awareness to release the ball when he did. He was a bit unlucky that we didn't make more of it.
I'm not a regular matchgoer by any means, but overall he's well ahead of where I expected him to be by now. Looks genuinely capaable of making a match-changing intervention from the bench, and I think he'll get a fair bit of playing time over the next few months.
