12 points clear top of the league and because he lost a final he is now being questioned. How many finals did Jürgen lose ?. Just let's get the.league won for only the second time 35 years and for fucks sake just enjoy it.
I don't think the criticism is because of losing a game. All top managers do. It's the manner of it, on the back of the two CL games.
What is killing him most is the continued Jota selection, one which made no sense. Nobody had him starting. It handicapped us.
A poacher, a physically limited player dependent on service into the box otherwise he is anonymous, and despite knowing it would be a very tough game against a Newcastle side with their full midfield back, he picks him again. That game was screaming out for Nunez to start, someone with a physical presence to work their defenders (as he did when he came on at PSG whose defenders had the deck chairs out before that). Playing up long balls to a slow, diminutive poacher who in 60 minutes on the field made 4 passes. He was literally a passenger.
You handicap Mo when you have nothing alongside him to play off, no-one dragging defenders away from him (which Nunez would do), plus no supply from right back either. Newcastle didn't nullify our most dangerous player, Slot did.
The Jota selection, made again and again, is such a basic error that sets alarm bells ringing over the manager.
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