Nah he's been running past them and getting on the end of through balls. I didn't see anyone just turn, drop a shoulder and skin their man, except Bellingham. To be fair he's then pretty much always clattered when he does.
Edit. I'm not saying Saka has been bad, far from it, but these are not that mobile. Let's make them make decisions .
Decent half.
Dominated possession, lacked chances as they parked the bus for 25 minutes, but we could have been a bit more proactive when they came out a bit.
I want to see Saka, or Foden take players on.
Jude has been fantastic.
If we got another goal I'd say this is the most comfortable half I've seen in ages. Still a bit nervy at 1-0 but Serbia look mostly like clatterers.
We've been nicely aggressive.
In fairness, I thought he was underwhelming yesterday. Although I wouldn't presume to say that he's not good on that basis, as it's the only time I've ever seem him play.
I think this also shows how this move is out of our/Emery's hands to some degree or other. Either because we need immediate cash, or because he wants to go.
Everyone will wig out when we sell Doug, and then in July we'll break our transfer record, bring in a world class talent, and everyone will be saying they knew we had it covered. In the meantime we'll have also got a squad midfielder and a new first choice left back.
They also know we have 2 other deals on the go, so if they play brinksmanship, we'll go to one of the others, and they will miss out on a more than fair deal.
First one to get it together gets the deal, while 2nd and 3rd place miss out.
It's all foreplay.
He was clipped. Stayed on his feet. Had the goal at his mercy. And then did a shit trip over his own ankles, to dive for a pen. I don’t care if he was tripped earlier, that was utter bollocks and I'm glad they didn’t score from the pen. Let's see a proper goal Croatia.