Match report – Player ratings – By the numbers – Video After winning your eighth successive match, it seems a little churlish to point out the flaws in our game, but it would also be remiss of me not to do that if we want to analyse things properly. However, that can wait because first and foremost we need to accentuate the positives and winning eight in a row is unquestionably a very good thing. Surprisingly, Unai Emery changed his formation going with three at the back. Sokratis was flanked by Rob Holding and Nacho Monreal, with Stephan Lichtsteiner and Sead Kolasinac as the wing-backs, and the Greek international opened the scoring after just four minutes, nippling the...
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