Fucking refreshing to see a game changed by some great in game management. Eriksen for Dier was a massive gamble, I confess to thinking at the time that Ndombele or Lo Celso in midfield would have made more sense, but it proved to be immensely effective, in the next 17 minutes Eriksen saw double the ball Dier had in the first 28 (receiving the ball a pitiful 8 times) and went on to have his best game of the season.
This isn't about match fitness with Dier, many of us have been pointing this out this since his "breakout" midfield season - when the going gets ferocious, Dier fucking shrinks. Think back to the first 30 minutes against Juve in March 2018, where we also found ourselves 2-0 down. Or even the last 30 against West Ham Saturday.
The second sub was also bang on the money tactically. About 5-10 minutes before that a couple of us had pointed out how everyone's favourite pea brain, Moura - despite having just set up a goal - was constantly forgetting to track their players and leaving Aurier continually exposed on the counter - he'd been doing it all game. Mourinho had not missed this either, hauled him off (much to the apoplexy of his fan club and a bemused look from the player himself) stuck Sissoko out there as a RM and switched to a 442. They barely got a sniff the rest of the game.