Been saying this for ages. Dembele, Chadli, to an extent Eriksen and Nabil invariably do not make runs into space in front of the person who has the ball.
Dembele, Chadi and Eriksen would all rather makes passes. They all like ball to feet. Which is really strange as none is that good beating a player and leaving him.
When nobody goes past Eriksen, we look devoid of ideas.
When Carrol and Onomah and Delle Ali (even Winks) are playing we look a different team. Plenty of one touch passing, one two's and runs behind the back 4.
This was our main problem last season. Lamela and Mason are the only ones who do it regularly.
In the first half dembele made a run from deep, and then stopped after he was judged offside.... fluffed the shot anyway.
If we play with Davies on the left we have no outlet there either.
It makes us so easy to contain. Snuff our Eriksen and 2 defenders can handle Kane.
Eriksen more than anyone needs a player to challenge him. We need an alternative there. Same goes for Chadli.
I would have like to have seen Dele Alli on for Bentaleb, Carrol for Eriksen and Onomah for Dembele for the last 25 mins
---------------- Dele Alli --------Dier
Chadli-----------------Carrol---------------Onomah
---------------------Kane ---------------------------