We're talking about Thiago, not Virgil or Keita
Also you were unwilling to accept both Gomez and Fab had absolute meltdowns against Real even though both obviously did, with Gomez being by far the most culpable and the match thread showed that too, but here you are blaming other players to deflect from the Thiago debate
Playing with a designated playmaker we're slow and laboured and easy to press and our press and counter press dropped off to be nowhere near acceptable levels
So teams could nick the ball and go straight through us or play around and beat our press easily
Also, that doesn't just come back by Thiago being absent, because players get used to playing a certain way, it takes several games to get back, the second half v the filthy was the best it's been for a long time
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