Wirtz has also become the focal point of almost every attack we have, without his first touch and turn nobody could break away from the Forest midfield.
Slot even recognized his mistake and swapped Jones and Szobo around but to little effect.
I thought we actually become a little bit more composed both in midfield and defense.
Gakpo was as useful as a light post, he just stood there waiting for the ball for the whole time he was on the field.
He maybe had 5 touches on the ball the lead to anything, out of 10 touches.
I dont think the criticism aimed at Salah or Ekitike is just, they both got involved with our buildup, both dropped deep and tried to make something happen.
Meanwhile Gakpo stood there waiting for the ball until he got substituted.
He is like a lesser version of Ryan Babel at times. Totally ineffective and only slows down our play every time the ball gets passed to him.
He need about a minute to receive the ball and make something happen and yeah of given time he will cut inside on the inside and shoot or do a cross but it always too late.
The last time a player infuriated me as much as him was when John Scales was playing for us.
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