Konsa surely?
Probably but two changes for the sake of one again. Mings is going to have to play at LCB as that clogger Beto will bully the rest of them. Setup for Grealish to have a field day on that side with Kamara out too.
Konsa is, despite other flaws, one of the best defenders in Europe against players running at him, at one point he went something like 30 games in a row without letting anyone get round him. He's a perfect option to go against Grealish.
Does that stat take into account when we used play a very high offside line? Would his idiotic red card v Newcastle have even counted towards it? The game is full of these meaningless stats.
From what I've seen Grealish won't be standing out on the left sideline like he did v Man City. It's likely we will dominate the ball for starters but he will step off the left flank on their counters and target that RB/RCB/RCM space. Probably first time our trio will have played together too. My fear is whoever we have RB gets spooked early on, caught under a high ball (Konsa special) or gets a yellow, and they tuck in far too narrow afterwards. We can't afford to give Grealish time to get turned on the ball and run with it.
Then there's the other problem, when we have the ball. If you thought the Cash chop was bad, stick one of Konsa or Lindelof out there and maybe a clueless Malen in front of them and we might aswell avoid the right side completely. A pity Garcia isn't fully fit as often the best way to limit someone like Grealish is just to keep the ball away from him. Keep him running backwards.
