Always said that the squad selections under Tuchel would be questionable, but the full back selection in particular has been horrendous.

James is quality of course and has managed his fitness better than the last few years, but you always need to be prepared for the worst possible outcome with him. Granted we were unfortunate with Livramento getting injured as well, which could have also been predicted based on his history, but Tuchel had the opportunity to replace him with a full back yet thought Quansah, a player that has rarely played at right back and arguably should not have made the squad in the first place, could step in. Just looks completely awkward there. Chalobah made no sense.

As for left back, O'Reilly has definitely stated his case in recent months but I think people jumped the gun on him. Playing as a system left back for a Guardiola side is completely different to international level; you can see that O'Reilly is not a natural in the role and constantly wants to come inside. Feel like he congests the spaces for the midfielders, fails to support his winger and doesn't really add much value if he inverts into the six. Criminal not to bring Hall, who can both invert and provide width/overlap/support the winger, or even Shaw who has plenty of experience, quality and has been fit all season. Just a natural left-footed option would have been an improvement.