We are not terrible but confidence is lacking. I think Jota actually makes a huge difference.
Look at the chances, Bobby had 2 really really good opportunities, Mo has one and a last gasp tackle takes it away from Sadio. That is just the way it's going currently.
Yes, we need to up the tempo but there are signs a couple are coming back into a bit of form.
Bobby or Mo put there chances away and for me we go onto win it. The momentum would have been with us.
I think Jota may well have put away Bobby's chances and then it's a whole different game.
On the ref, the refereeing standard has been awful. We have had 2 penalties given against us in the last few weeks and neither are. Take the Burnley one a few weeks ago. Minimal contact between Barnes and Alisson and even if there is the ball is already in the stand. How many games of football do you watch where a play smashes it wide, defender then takes him out and ref gives a penno? You don't, do you. So what is the difference. Same thing happens wlyo Sadio earlier in that game, no talk of a penalty and quite rightly so.
Today, the ref doesn't even look at it for more than 1 angle. Ask yourself, VAR was brought in to rectify clear and obvious errors, wrongly it normally takes them 4-5 mins to decide whether it was clearly and obviously wrong (a farce in itself) but if that is what they do it then so be it. The guy in Stockley Park looks at it for a couple of mins, identifies reasons that need closer examination and the ref reviews it for all of what, 4 seconds?
The reffing is just terrible on every measurable metric.
