StuUKWI
Well-Known Member
The angle wasn’t the greatest to catch it. He had both knees bended and was leaning to his right. That’s not the easiest catch there. He deflected it and one of the Dortmunders was there right place right time. Our back line still sucks.
I feel bad for Karius but (over)paying for Alisson was the right thing to do. I'd agree that Karius generally played well last season (until the final) but as soon as he made another mistake in preseason you can see all his confidence is gone. He needs a move elsewhere.
Personally I think Van Dijk was worth what we paid for him. A couple of defensive injuries though and we'll be in trouble. Last 10 minutes didn't look good yesterday but hopefully we won't have a back five of Karius-Gomez-Phillips-Klavan-Moreno too often.