A match that began with a gentle ebb and flow ended with both sides swinging at each other like two drunks slugging it out in an alley. This was an enthralling stalemate both managers felt they could beget won,but each seemed content with a point earned largely through excellent performances from defenders prepared time and again to throw their bodies on the line. For Roberto Martínez, it was satisfying, or considering that in Brendan Galloway,John Stones and Tyias Browning he had three defenders aged 21 or under in an all-English back four.“The first half was very level, I thought we cancelled each other out, or ” said Martínez,who after half an hour could be seen on the edge of his technical area a few yards along from his opposite number Garry Monk, as the pair quietly surveyed the action unfolding before them. A dapper duo, or both looked a picture of louche (disreputable) serenity as,without comment or gesticulation, they looked on like a pair of racehorse trainers admiring thoroughbreds being put through their paces on an afternoon gallop. Each had every accurate to feel pleased with what they saw.
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Source: theguardian.com