View From A Blue

Hart - As with his mistake away at Stamford Bridge last season when he needlessly rushed off his line despite a City defender being in control of the situation, he should have realised that Demichelis was in charge for Hull’s goal. Instead, came hurtling out of his box and never quite recovered - 5 Zabaleta - Involved in the [...]

Hart - Had surprisingly little to do. Other than picking the ball out of his net for the goal, for which he was blameless, it’s hard to remember him being involved in any meaningful action - 6 Sagna - It was no great surprise to see him play, bearing in mind Zabaleta’s issues against the very best wingers [...]

Caballero - Will attract his fair share of blame for Middlesborough’s first goal, but that moment aside he was an excellent last line of protection. Made a string of important saves to keep us in the game - 7 Zabaleta - Full of energy and fizz down the right, and looked to break forward as much as possible, [...]

Hart - Couldn’t have done anything to prevent either of the goals and apart from picking the ball out of his net twice he had very little to do. There was one comfortable stop from Sanchez, but that was about it - 6 Zabaleta - To a large degree, thanks to his dogged defending and persistent tackling, he prevented [...]

Hart - Two superb stops to keep the scores level, especially the second save which highlighted his reflexes and razor-sharp reactions, but his error for Everton’s equaliser was a shocking misjudgement - 6 Zabaleta - It was an excellent battle down the right, with Naismith keeping Zabaleta quiet and Navas doing the same to Baines. That meant that [...]