Beefuddled

Watching Igor yesterday he hardly ever gained actual control of the ball - maybe a couple of paces and he lost it. He was closely marked, which is hardly surprising and this season he needs to get used to that, but he didn't manage to outsprint...

When Collins went off after 20 mins Schuster and Ajer stepped up and got the job done - we could have been well and truly stuffed with such an inexperienced back four, but they coped, almost kept a clean sheet (which is rare) and kept us fighting...

When Collins went off after 20 mins I thought Ajer rose to the occasion superbly. We could have been stuffed then, but Ajer was then our most experienced defender by a long way but I was specifically watching him marshalling the back four really...