Dembele finally ready to come on after being summoned a while ago. Arthur off. He was pretty invisible TBF.
He's like Xavis last years.. Keeping the ball, never losing it, 100% passes but very careful and playing it too safe. Not so many dangerous passes and no assists.
Coutinho was fantastic and he would be my pick for MOTM just an artist on the pitch today and played like he was saying "Coach, this is what I can do!". Messi had some sick passes and got #400 but didn't score on that great chance. Suarez's work rate was terrific.
Good to see Coutinho got a good game. We'll need both him and Dembele ready down the stretch if there is any chance of getting a CL and/or a League title.
coutinho was better today. but probably not good enough to start ahead of dembele in attack. i like him better in midfield. i'm not sure if it would work, but i'd really like to see if coutinho and arthur can play together in midfield.
If Coutinho continues to play that well with Suarez, EV will have a nice problem of trying to decide who to play up-front. Dembele looked faster than usual last night playing with fresh legs against guys who took the field 70 minutes earlier. Then again, if we were losing or tied and the other team was parking the bus, I don't know if Dembele would've been as effective - that's where the technical skill of Coutinho would be nice coming off the bench to try to make a break-through.