History for brumbys

We were on easy street most of the game. Mateta scored against the run of play, not surprising when your CB's are Timber and Kiwior. From then on was all us, but very disjointed with the heavily rotated team. Second half was very dominant, Odegaard and Saliba on with Timber at RB switched the dynamic, and Saka accelerated it. Couple that with Jesus finding his shooting boots, and crucially the space to take shots, we were cruising. Nketiah's header was one of the best goals we've conceded all season, cross came in between Saliba and Kiwior and somehow Nketiah managed to get above Saliba and put enough power on it to beat Raya - outstanding finish. 

Watching Jesus last night I was reminded about the quality he has, but that he's not the guy you want against a low-block defence. Since we sold Giroud we've lost that big man threat which is crucial against an Everton type defence.

Palace surrended the game about the 70 minute mark with their substitutes, will be interesting to see how we go away to them.

Shout out to KT for making his return - looked decent going forward and at the back. Wouldn't mind if we kept him through until the summer as back up for Zinchenko and Calafiori. 

Also, Odegaard's stats are insane. Came on at half time with the score 1-0, in 45 minutes he created 4 chances which led to 2 assists, completed 2/2 dribbles, and had 42 touches. Insane.