Originally Posted by
jloome
Ratings (1- terrible 6 - okay 10 - otherwordly)
Johnson - 4, he had plenty to see on the Klisch goal and did zero to command his box on two close headers. Had one good save, talked to the backline.
Laryea - 5, nice run to set up the penalty, had a tough time defending overloads and missed a couple of runners.
Hedges - 6.5 Solid all night, bailed us out a few times
Rosted - 3, made three baffling defensive decisions in the second half, including ducking the ball on Benteke's goal as if leaving it for a teammate... in his own end??
Petretta - 6 - decent night, not too much wrong either way. Some good linkup, one frustrated foul
Osorio - 5 - invisible for the first 60 minutes. Had a great dummy run to pull the 16-yr old dc defender away from Richie enough to cause the kid to catch up and foul.
Bradley - 6 - Dire first half in which he kept backtracing to the defense without much purpose. Excellent second half, when he was left back as a number six, effectively.
Kaye - 5 - Only saved from a four by the goal, which he took nicely. Much better as a mostly advanced eight than going backwards. First half was awful, 2nd better
Bernadeschi - 6.5 - All action both ways, scored a pen, helped setup the other, maybe loses half a point for errant passing, but generally good.
Insgine - 4 - twenty frustrating minutes in which he had trouble linking with the mids, made a good run to create a chance but fluffed it.
Diomande - 5 - The offside was very close. He linked back well, made good runs. Seemed frustrated by their movement. Twice wound up isolated in Richie's position(?!/)
SUBS
Servania - DNQ - Wasn't on more than 10 minutes. Looked good in that time. Looked like he had better legs/energy than the starters at the first whistle.
Akinola - 5 - Got into some dangerous positions, screwed a turning shot off the bar, but also blew two breakaways by mishandling the ball, albeit on a shit field.