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  • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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    8 months ago

    Tbf he has gotten better at that, like Saka played 45 minutes only not that long ago. Kinda hard to sub off your best player if you’re not like massively certain you’ll win

    • Nuggsy@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I think we also all agree we don’t have someone of similar quality as backup unless you’re shifting Jesus out wide and having Nketiah/Havertz up top.

      We have players who could slot in, but Saka is ahead of the rest by far.

      • hangonasecond@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Not only this but the past month has seen our least congested fixtures for the season and heading into the break.

        We made plenty of early subs in the games we were smashing the opposition, but against Porto it was a calculated risk to use our best players for the whole match, balanced by the fact we have a three week break.