Bit of an odd game I thought, mixture of professionally getting the job done and some sloppy moments where people looked like they took things for granted a bit too much. Obviously the much better side though and comfortably got the job done with little chance of it going any other way.
Thought Kilman looked a bit clunky, particularly early on, got some football in him but no way he's holding his own in the Premier League as things stand.
Vallejo seems to have a bit of a rash streak, think the big lunge that got him booked could have seen him get a red on another day and then the late challenge second half could easily have been the second yellow. Think both those situations came about from him giving the ball away with sloppy passes too but he's certainly not a write off by any means, just don't think there's enough on that showing to worry Bennett just yet.
Midfield all able to coast through the game, Pyunik barely laid a glove in any of them. MGW perhaps a little sloppy early on but grew into it, particularly second half.
Traore pretty quiet first half, other than that awful shot, but much more involved second half. Still a lot of areas to work on but you can see he's adding more to his game, picking his moments when to run at people rather than just getting his nut down and pegging it every time. His crossing can still be very hit and miss, think probably because it's often a Jarvis style rush to smash something in before the ball runs out of play rather than being fully in control of it. However, a tidy little headed link up with Dendoncker, a nice little pass through into MGW when two defenders were trying to block him off and felt for him a bit on the first goal as he actually ran in behind for a change only to see Cutrone better placed to run into the pass. Still doesn't really justify his fee but at least getting some use out of him now, even if just providing an opportunity to rest Doherty in games like tonight but might have a role in games when defending is off the agenda.
Neto looks a tidy footballer, difficult to read too much into against this standard of opposition but there's at least something to work with. Not sure he's really a centre forward but there's something to work with there, decent work rate too. Thought might have kept him on with Jota and Jimenez to see if there was potential for a return to 343 if required.
Cutrone looks a bit like someone trying too hard at times, seems a decent enough all rounder but don't think he's particularly graceful so often looks a bit ropey in some aspects. Massive improvement on last year's replacement for the forward line though, think a goal or two will help settle him down. Expect he'd be at his best alongside Jimenez so he hasn't got to put as much focus on trying to be a focal point and can concentrate more on being the final outlet.
Thought Pyunik tried to play a bit where they could, fair play to them as their heart was never really going to be in it given the way the tie was set. Don't think any of their players looked anything special but they put a few decent passing combinations together.
