My assumption is that he went toward Salah as he expected him to control the ball

It is after all what Salah was trying to do.

Having controlled the ball you would want someone getting into Salah on the edge of the box.

We had 4 vs 3 defensively... The question is where was the midfield? Rashica was getting over to pressure TAA but too narrow too slow.

I would have expected Rupp to be covering left mid.

Billy Gikmour ended up closest to Salah but didn't bust a gut to get back which is maybe why Hanley stepped to Salah.

Posted By: trafford_canary, Aug 15, 07:28:45