Sevilla 0 - 0 United

Wow. What a drab game. Seville is far from the greatest Spanish team I've ever seen but we looked almost scared to attack them. Yes, we were playing away from home and the atmosphere must've been testing for our players, but I expect better. Why fear Seville? I absolutely don't agree with people saying that we were in control. We weren't. Seville were very close to scoring and we must count ourselves lucky we've got the best goalkeeper in the world guarding our goal. We were also lucky that Seville made the wrong decisions in the final third. So the reason why we drew is not really because we were in control of the game. 

Much ado was made before the game as a fit Paul Pogba wasn't starting. I agree with the fuss made. What's Mourinho playing at? If Pogba's been dropped after a couple of bad performances, then why hasn't Matic, who's been off-form (despite having a good game tonight) for weeks, been dropped? And what has Herrera done to deserve a start today? Paul Pogba was shit vs. Newcastle, but he's been very good more often than not this season and he's most definitely our most talented player. Just play him in a midfield three, that's when he performs best. We have to adapt to our best player. People just assumed McTominay started ahead of Pogba, but I saw it as it was Herrera who took Pogba's place. FFS Herrera's been injured all month and he had to be subbed off today after 20 minutes. McTominay actually deserved to start as he's been good and didn't disappoint tonight. He did most of the things well, was efficient in possession and pressured Seville's players into mistakes. 

Mata and Alexis were poor today, like really really poor. In fact, we looked better as soon as Martial and Rashford replaced them. Lukaku wasn't much better either. He gave the ball away far too often and skied his only real chance. We need him to produce the goods in big games. 

Is there anyone else who feels like Alexis disrupted a bit the harmony in our attacking third? Martial is not a player who should be sitting on the bench and Lingard has been anonymous since the arrival of Sanchez. 

Anyway, this game confirmed two things that we may have already known. 1. We're still really quite average. 2. De Gea is the best goalkeeper in the world and deserves to be playing with a better football team. 

A very tough run awaits. Come on United.