Stevie Nicol

Well, when they left themselves exposed, the back four did their job, which was as big a surprise as anything.

You know, Dallow and Shaw in particular has shown us what he's capable of.

Shaw's a guy who sometimes turns up and you think he's still in his bed.

But today, he was at it.

He was tight.

He made good decisions.

And Dalot, other than that crazy challenge that he made on Doku, was good defensively as well.

I mean, Harry Maguire and Martinez never looked in any danger.

They looked comfortable, regardless of what they had to do, whether it was balls in the box or whether it was just basic defending.

They were just a step ahead of anything that Man City could throw at them.

And you're 100% right.

I said yesterday, if they go toe-to-toe, they're in trouble.

Well, they went toe-to-toe and they completely outplayed City.

Because coaches sometimes do that, and they overcoach.

And Shaw's a great example.

When he's playing the left side of a three,

it's more complicated.

But when you ask him to play Lev Bach, he knows exactly the role.

And every single one of those in red today looked as though they actually knew what the role was.

And they went and executed that.