The Benefits of Having Nick Alastair in the Sixth Role

I know it's really important that you help yourself in these moments with doing the right, simple stuff. We didn't play simple enough in moments where we could have lost these balls. Andy Robertson not knowing whether to go Reese James or sterling would have been an obvious indecision. The defensive problems we had today had nothing to do with the characteristics of the midfielders. So, again, we were too deep as a formation in the other moments,. We gave the half spaces away, that's difficult, that's why they could pass the ball through.