#defensive-vulnerability

#defensive-vulnerability

Rasmus Hojlund, Napoli's top scorer, has eight goals in 22 games (third in league), on 29 shots (1.3 shots per game). Napoli's Scott Mctominay also has six goals in 23 games, on 42 shots (1.8 shots per game). Napoli's best playmaker is Leonardo Spinazzola, with 21 chances created (0.9 per game) and two assists.

There is no denying that Celtic, under Nancy, are exciting to watch. There are shades of Ange Postecoglou's "we never stop" attitude at the top end of the pitch. They look like they don't care how many goals they concede, they'll just score more. In the first half against Livingston they generated an xG (expected goals) of 3.52 from 13 shots, four of which were on target. They had 11 shots inside Livingston's box and and created five big chances.

Fabian Hurzeler, the Brighton manager, must take credit for a quadruple substation on the hour that transformed the game, but just as striking was how vulnerable City became to balls played in behind their defensive line. The structure that once gave them a stifling control has vanished almost entirely. The sense for Brighton had been of performances having been rather better than results.