Our no.8 was in wonderful type in opposition to Galatasaray within the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, establishing Alejandro Garnacho’s opener, smashing a spectacular strike dwelling to make it 2-0 after which solely being denied a winner, within the 3-3 draw, when one other effective shot hit a put up.
He will probably be trying to preserve his present stage of efficiency, after being nominated for our Participant of the Month award for November, when Erik ten Hag’s males deal with Newcastle United on Saturday night time.
“It is one other powerful place to go,” he admitted. “It is a fantastic environment, a crew that’s taking part in actually good soccer – engaging, robust, fast and bodily too. It is a crew that has been bettering rather a lot within the final two years, in the best way of taking part in, and I believe it may be one other powerful recreation, as each recreation within the Premier League is. Clearly, we now have to concentrate on the environment there however we’re going there to get our three factors.
“They press actually excessive, are robust and fast, and have a really bodily crew with plenty of qualities, gamers with nice qualities. There’s plenty of goalscorers additionally within the crew and so they can play direct soccer, they will play from behind. It is a crew that’s coming from a superb consequence in opposition to Chelsea [last weekend] and it is about us understanding what we are able to do to harm them and be our most centered within the 90 minutes to win our duels and win the sport.”
