Weirdly the one game where I remember the opposition striker actually scaring me was hojlund, when he came on Gabriel clearly had a much harder time dealing with his physicality compared to whoever started that game (Martial?). But in the end that was a pretty comfortable victory
I mean he usually beats our left backs (zinchenko is not the best one on one defender) he just has awful end product / decision making. But actually keeping him quiet the entire match is an accomplishment imo
I think it’s like Arsenal towards the end of last season. maybe they only have 5 injuries or whatever but several of them happen to overlap in the same position. Spurs started Dier (1st start / 2nd match he’s played all season) and Ben Davies at CB…
They already do if it’s a technical foul. So maybe normal fouls in penalty area during open play require the fouled player to take the pen. Handball, violent conduct etc the fouled team can choose.