The reason we didnt win this game was yet again because midfield is ineffective and because of mancini's stupidity.
We yet again proved that our midfielders are mediocre passers at best, there is NO fast combination play, NO speed and NO creativity. Its always either a) a long ball from the midfield or b) a poor cross, that all that comes from our midfield when going forward. We create absolutely nothing.
Mancini shouldnt gamble on suazo in such a game, he sucked the entire game, crespo clearly should have started. Same goes for Chivu, he shouldnt have played lb, it limits our offensive play way to much and it clearly showed in this game, nothing came from our left side, cesar was alone and sucked the entire game as well and ran offside alot on poor deliveries from the cm's. Cesar has been good in past games because he wasnt alone on the left, he had maxwell to combine with up the pitch, today he had noone because chivu is too static and not that kinda player. Ridiculous decision by mancini.
Also i dont understand why dacourt was put on at the break and not figo, we created nothing in the first half with stankovic, then how can mancini believe that dacourt of all people would change that?
We need two new starting midfielders.