Thought he made a big difference when he got on the ball in his first few minutes on the pitch.
Shrugged off challenges and made the short passes which enabled us to gain control of the midfield. Henderson and Milner had excellent games and seemed to gain confidence from Gini's presence and strength on the ball.
He did have license to move forward and seemed to revel in it. He has less minutes on the field than the other two in midfield so may play all the games from now on.
This is a really good shout. Here is the first 20 minutes of the first half midfield numbers vs the final 25 minutes of the half.
Midfield stats for 0-20 mins
Name Passes Success
Chamberlain 4 100%
Henderson 10 60%
Milner 8 38%
Nainggolan 7 100%
Strootman 7 100%
Rossi 14 79%
Our midfield failed to make a single tackle in that time until the one that saw Chamberlain go off.
Midfield stats for 20-45 mins
Name Passes Success
Wijnaldum 9 89%
Milner 23 78%
Henderson 12 75%
Nainggolan 13 92%
Rossi 16 88%
Strootman 12 67%
They made a combined 4 tackles in this second part of the half as the wrestled control of the midfield away from Roma.