Also remember when their project was about bringing experience in to help the young lads? They signed David Luiz and Willian, while we get Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo
Pretty poor from commentators pretty much never acknowledging his defensive actions, considering how star player he is and this was his debut. Superb display, once they get used to each other with Maguire, we will see even better displays from both of them. Finally we have a player who keeps us calm with any 1v1 or crosses to the box..
Was it dogged, solid and exactly what I was kind of expecting? Absolutely.
Couple of poor passes in the first half but other than that, stood tall, wasn't afraid to push up, wasn't afraid to engage or drop back, wasn't afraid to show Traore down the line and was fairly progressive and positive on the ball. I only counted maybe one or two occasions where he passed it back to De Gea.
It's only one game but I've been told he's 'slightly worse than Lindelof on the ball' ffs
Very good game today. Looking forward to seeing his partnership flourishing.
That said, he got beaten all ends up for Wolves biggest chance, and was bailed out by a stunning double save from DDG. I see plenty of posters here Ignoring this, where they would've absolutely destroyed Lindelof if it had been him.
He did something that I have missed since Vidic and Rio, when he won headers he made sure they went to our players. It is a huge thing for momentum in a game.