Man, 681 responses. I was hoping for 600, but we eclipsed that. Zinchenko earned MOTM honours with 45.5% of the vote, eclipsing Nketiah’s 40.7%. It’s not often that the scorer of two goals in a 3-2 victory, earns a 9.38 rating, and fails to claim the MOTM, but such was Zinchenko’s all-around performance that he really did deserve it. Between this match and the NLD, he had the most touches, passes, duels won, aerial duels won, and 100% success in take-ons. While it’s true that Martinelli and White struggled, they’ve each logged heavy minutes and have played out of their minds. Having Tomiyasu and Smith-Rowe back and bringing in Trossard will give us some much-needed depth and rotation options. Well, enough huffing and puffing. Check out the poll results below…

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