Definite improvement and a welcome 3pts but a long way to go.
Kerkez looks far more at home when he has the flank to himself and isn’t put in a straight jacket. Still far too rash though and needs to learn to stop diving into / after players so much.
Defence perhaps better but still pretty suspect and we were saved by Brighton’s lack of quality (and Alisson) on more than one occasion.
Midfield had good spells but still far too easy to play through and our transition play is slow, ponderous and full of “not quite” passes too often. Macca looking better which is big for us and Jones continuing his good form which is great. Interesting to see Gravy further forward with Jones often sitting back with defenders.
Ekitike probably could’ve scored 4 today. Will be interesting to see how we handle the Isak vs Ekitike situation. Ekitike is still raw but should 100% be starting.
Salah looked a different player today. Had that big chance to score - shame he didn’t. Will this really be his last game?
I still think a quality pacey wide forward and a DM transform this team.