Of course, it had to be like this. It had to be like this against them. At Christmas.
Absolutely knew it would happen, too. We've been looking stodgy and out of ideas since the Great And Glorious Week. The absences of Tielemans, Torres and then Kamara have exposed the squad. Tonight, we went right into our shell and couldn't get out of our half after the second goal. Watkins, a passenger. Bailey, got to the byline a lot but blocked every time. McGinn, a man of two halves. Douglas Luiz, man, what happened to him tonight? The defence, all over the place.
Freshen it up, Unai. New plans, new ideas, probably new starting personnel with different roles. Come up with something, because I think this iteration of this team looks as spent as Newcastle's, and we need to arrest the slide now.