Look at today for example. Yes Doku completed some dribbles, but most times Trent funneled him to the byline or inside and Doku wasn’t really threatening for the most part. Yet the prevailing narrative is that he got destroyed by Doku.
He has actually been decent to good at defending this season yet people say he’s been a horrific defender. I don’t think this is quite true if you watch him play.
I won’t claim that he’s an amazing defender but he’s not a bad one either, he’s just a perfectly average to good defender but the narrative is that he’s a liability. It’s frustrating to see.
Doku put in a few crosses which should have been converted to goals. All after skinning Trent.
If these chances had not been wasted by other players the game narrative would have been how Trent is a liability.
So, the way Sky Sports punditry works us that Rodri missing a chance determines whether Trent is a liability.
The pundits don’t do subtlety and nuance. They just pick a lazy narrative.