Agreed that he could get done for pace, but I think with the right instructions he would sit deeper than he did against Qarabag and leave less gaps for their wingers to run in to. It also puts a bit less pressure on Mo to help him out and we saw Mo being used to stretch play more than usual last night I felt. The classic VVD cross field ball was played a few times.
Unfortunately we might not get many chances to do that in the PL these days.