Elyounoussi Wasn’t In The Team. He Terrorised Them Last Night.
Elyounoussi is a fantastic footballer, and he would almost certainly have made a difference in the first leg had he been signed then.
The combination of him and Bolingoli worked especially well as the full-back bombing up the wing allowed Elyounoussi the chance to cut inside, where his dancing feet caused havoc whenever he was on the ball.
At a crucial point seven weeks ago we took off Mikey and brought on Lewis Morgan; even with the best will in the world, Morgan is not at the level of the boy we brought on loan from Southampton.
The way we’re set up, I don’t think a conventional winger works half as well as someone capable of playing the inside forward role … and he does it brilliantly.
Bolingoli’s ability to cross the ball negates the need for us to have a Lewis Morgan out wide.
Elyounoussi is a very different type of player – more in the mould of a James Forrest or a Scott Sinclair, capable of using his technical ability to get past opponents and open up space.
That’s why he made such a big difference in last night’s game.
It was good to see him getting the goal his performance deserved.
With he and Bolingoli on the left we looked far stronger on that side of the pitch than we did seven weeks ago.
It was a crucial component in us getting the win.