If Tata dropped the ball and a Fiorentina player kicked it in under no pressure, then yes it's his fault. Tata's error went unpunished the moment it fell to Gabbia. He had a easy opportunity to clear the ball and he didn't.
They were insanely clinical. 8 shots, 5 on target, 4 goals.
More learning left to do
That situation exactly sums up the main issue with Gabbia - he is far too passive. If you are closest to the ball you have to deal with it, you can’t wait for teammates to do something. It was very amateurish
Agreed but we want to improve the team from where it was, not just stand in place.
True, his instincts were poor. That could be seen throughout the match, he was being bailed out all night. That error is Tatarusanu’s MO. He is due an error after every few or so matches when he gets minutes. For such a tall keeper with long limbs, he is very uncomfortable in the air compared to Mike.
I agree that our existing players made the errors but the reason you look to strengthen is because when your main guys arent doing it you can turn to others. They did little to help though I concede there isnt much Giroud could do today even though in some instances he looked really rough with his touches.
Gabbia played scared. He was terrified. You are right that his positioning was terrible. I think he's much, much better on the right side. But his poor positioning doesn't excuse the error, I get what you're saying: Theo's error was fueled by Gabbia being so off. Theo is good enough and smart enough to realize there is a kid there and to just kick it out.
No, you look at which error was critical in conceding the goal. Tata's error was bad, but it resulted in the ball in a Milan player's possession. Gabbia's error was critical because it resulted in a goal. It's not complicated.
Italiano forced them very very deep with an insane high line and offside trap. We could have punished this some other way, probably with Leao and Theo running late behind them, or Kalulu or whatever, but we didn't. We kept trying to play it centrally where Ibra can't run onto it, and kept running too early and offside. If the game was being played in their box then we can maximize the use out of Giroud and Ibra. Italiano really took advantage that we were playing either Giroud or Ibra up front and not a mobile striker.
No, because attempting a block and missing is not an error, that hypothetical it would be Tata's fault. Look i'm not saying what Tata did was forgivable, it's just that he got lucky and it fell to his defender. The defender should do his job.
He absolutely is, he could easily have prevented that goal if he had been more assertive. That’s part and parcel of defenders job, doesn’t matter what preceded it. Tata’s error didn’t directly result in a goal
That is when you look at what comes first. In this way Tata leads to Gabbia. But I will argument it in this way:
Messias has had two games, one was good, one was bad. I'm not excited by him, I think Faivre fucked up negotiations with his antics. We clearly wanted someone else, I disagree it was about money, but that's for another day.
Because I want everyone to realize what a bad defender Gabbia is. We all know how bad Tata is.
