Srsly?
I watched it with a mate of mine, and we were absolutely depressed seeing this catastrophe folding on the field. Not in terms of result wise but of how we played...
I have to apologize for not conforming with a "gang" or "group" view, but to me, this made absolutely depressing viewing. All wrong passes, gifting corners, getting beaten on flanks, inability to actually get out of own half without hoofing one upfield (basically the whole 1st half), having heavy touches, needing too much time.
And in the end - we managed to get ONE shot on target. In our home game!!!
If someone is saying this is even close to acceptable, then I say that those standards are just too low.
I am not saying we are totally fooked due to this game or smth. But as a performance, it was an absolute horror to watch.
sorry that it got out of the way of Dier's performance though. But I also disagree with your assesment of his game. Dembele and him had pretty much similar tasks on the field. I am not saying that he should have dived into every situation, but the thing is he was not even hassling the players nearly enough. Once he did tackle, he was seconds late and cost freekick from dangerous place. While Dembele helped us to regain posession much more with his presence...