What a weird time to live in where a draw against United makes me angry and disappointed. Man U should have seen their third red carded player in three matches since Rashford absolutely should have gotten a second yellow and was quickly subbed off since it was very obvious his next foul of any kind would have gotten him sent off. Konsa left injured and I really hope he's okay. I'm getting concerned about the lack of rotation and amount of hamstring injuries and the continual non unleashing of Maatsen who again in his incredibly short time on the pitch looked so dynamic. I get against Bayern starting Digne since we expect to not see much of the ball and his aerial defending and dead ball skills can come in handy (though I'm going to be honest, I can't remember him ever delivering a really good free kick. Just a lot of almost good free kicks), but against weaker sides like Man U (that brings me such joy to say), we gotta unleash Maatsen. It's not like this is some untested youth player, he literally played in the Champions League Final last season. Comparing Maatsen's fbref scouting profile to Digne's makes me just sad. It's a sea of green compared to a sea of mediocre colors. Digne is absolutely a better aerial defender and delivers more crosses (not necessarily a good thing), but otherwise doesn't come close to Maatsen in any category. I know I'm a broken record on this and nobody here disagrees with the statement, but I just don't get it. Emery replaced Digne with Moreno almost immediately after bringing him in and as much as I really like Moreno, he isn't close to the player Maatsen is.
Also, nit picky, but especially if Bailey is on a pitch count, I much rather have him coming off the bench for those minutes than starting. I was kind of hoping Buendia would be starting this match since he's one of my faves obviously and I think his skill set would have been very helpful this match.
