thiago got a lot of unnecessary stick last night... He was probably our best mid fielder against Levante
True. He was spreading passes left and right in midfield. According to Opta he was our second best player after Messi last night. Played 3 key passes (second best after Messi's 4), had the highest passing accuracy with 94 %, played the second most successful throughballs after Messi, the second most accurate long balls after Busquets, covered a lot of ground, was our best tackler, our second best dribbler ... He didn't score on a header (which he mustn't, do Xavi and Iniesta ever score with their heads?) and he had a major defensive fuckup which led to a counter attack. But then again an experienced goalkeeper like Valdes dropped an easy ball which led to the penalty, Fabregas played passes into no man's land, Busquets should have kept his arms behind and not infront of his body, Xavi doesn't care about unlocking defenses against unworthy La Liga teams anymore and just passes it sideways and € 37 million Sanchez still gets schooled on how to play on the wings by the ugliest La Masia product I've seen since ... well, I think he's the ugliest. Even Pep acknowledges his ugliness.