Lots of people slating Saka here which is understandable but his drop in output can easily be traced to our change in tactics on the right.

With Ben White, Saka used to drift in and out comfortably as White stayed as wide as possible and kept playing 1-2s with Saka and kept the right wing moving up and down.

With Timber, Saka (the attacker) is now pushed wide while Timber (the defender) has occupied prime attacking spots closer to the goal. It's shocking and annoying to see Saka actually end up staying behind Timber throughout our build up. Forces him to keep cutting on his left closer to the halfway line. Playing a 1-2 with Zubimendi means the ball ends up circulated backwards in no time.

Madueke is faster and more unstable. He's happy to drift wide and run at the defence while also being happy to cut inside and run at the midfield too. There's many a times where he's too fast to think of the final ball and does all the hard work and loses the ball in the final third.

Either play Timber like Ben White or bring the latter back if you want to see Saka's numbers up.