It was really nice to see Pearson and Ranieri sitting together. They’ve probably never met each other before but have both played big parts in our recent history. Great to see.
I thought we played ok given the circumstances, but it was frustrating that we dominated and just couldn’t put the ball in the onion bag. Understandable after recent events.
I thought Evans had a really good game again. I need to learn to not write players off so early.
On another note, I’m not a huge fan of Slimani, but I think he’d really suit our current style of play. We bring him in and play him when we’re playing our counter attacking game, which didn’t suit him at all. But now we’re playing slow build up play with plenty of balls in the box which would suit him, and he’s not here to show what he can do. I can’t help but feel he would be a better option off the bench than Okazaki given the way we play.