Coach did his job in preparation, tactics, and initial selection. Substitutions were horrid, and the failure to strengthen our front line adequately are the real failures here.
The players play the game in the end. They aren't marionettes.
I still can't figure out why Gabriel pulled out of that header. Need to drop Saka and Martinelli. Not rotate. Drop. We gotta reestablish some standards, and who better to make that point with than our golden boys? Give Reiss and Tross their spots, it'll be better in the long run, which is the only run we're on at this point.