That back four had never played together before and VVD is one of the most physical players in world football - wouldn’t read too much into it.

Ayling, Struijk and Koch I think are all good enough to become more dominant at set pieces especially Struijk. Part of the interest in Gvardiol is supposed to be because he is a bit of a physical beast.

They could start by keeping Rodrigo out of the box on corners I guess 🙈🙉🙀