Hard to comment because from where we were sitting, it was hard to get a sense of the angle when Benteke headed the ball. It appeared to me he was off to the side of the goal and while it was a definite chance it wasn't a sitter. However, those who were watching on TV will have had a better sight of it all. My first reaction, for what it's worth, was that he should have got it on target whether he scored or not. Either way, the chance was nothing like his second goal at Burnley which WAS a sitter and which he put away with ease. Also thought the start of that sequence last night, I think it was Gallagher who got through and had the original chance, and that was a better opportunity than Beneteke's at the end of the sequence. There were a couple of moments last night where I recall we wasted half-chances because we were too slow pulling the trigger. Our real problems, as Vieira noted, are that our last pass is frequently quite poor. For the amount of possession that we have these days, we don't create an awful lot of clear cut opportunities. Things tend to break down on the edge of the oppositions box. And (see above), when do have that half chance, there seems to be an unwillingness to shoot. I don't know if that's lack of confidence but you can't always look for the next pass and hope to end up passing the ball into the net.

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1) Did you see the assist he gave for Ayew last year? His passing is far from atrocious.

2) One of his goals from earlier in the season was from exactly the same position and situation you're referring to. He buried it.

So change the record hey?

From my perspective it wasn't a sitter. Tekkers had a tight angle to put it into and didn't make it but that happens. At least he hit it well, put it down with force so just the angle off.

I thought we were also better with him on imho although as people have pointed out it may be because OE was positioned in his less favoured position.

Having time to reflect on the game we were unfortunate not to get at least a point from it.

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This is right. I watched the game on TV and it wasn't a sitter at all. It also went just the other side of the post, so was unlucky.

We looked much more of a threat with him in the side. However I think we substituted the wrong player. Zaha needed to go off and to spend the next game with 60 mins on the bench and a coach in his ear. He is responsible for most of our good positions breaking down. He has lost pace, but not adjusted his game to compensate. Ayew, for much of the game, looked a much more serious threat.

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He is scoring more as he gets more opportunities and also missing more as he gets more opportunities.

Somewhere there must be stats of his goal scored and sitters missed number, also a what if of how many extra points we would have if all else equal and the sitters had been converted.

It's all history now but would be curious to see what the stats show.

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I'm not in the anti Benteke group, but I have to say that it's all very well us looking more dangerous when he's introduced, but means nothing when he misses arguably the best chance we had all night.

I keep hearing PV using the word '' frustrating '' in his post match interviews, and Benteke is the most frustrating of players.

As a club we have historically had players that not only put a shift in but also look like they have. Think Wright, Bright, Shipperly, AJ, Murray to name but a few.

Benteke doesn't fit into that category - is that making him look worse than he actually is ??

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