Don't forget when he kicked the ball against a defenders hand for a pen! Proper assists those, well worth the money.

An utter embarrassment. As soon as Sorloth is fit, Benteke must be dropped.

Those you mentioned although bad actually tried and closed down defenders and looked interested

Yeah for sure - but Bentekes scoring record last season ensures that he is better than both and not our worst ever player.

The real travesty is that he has it in him to be a decent player. The others players you mentioned were never any good. Benteke could and should be so much better.

If Benteke was a horse you would f@cking shoot him.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

He set up Zaha for the first goal and early on won everything in the air. He also won defensive headers when defending corners. The first chance he got at 1-1 was perfect for him as he is good at laying it off and he just had to steer it over the keeper - bad miss. Second one was more difficult but should have got it on target.
His booking was stupid in first half and he had to hold back a bit in second 1/2 and stopped winning so much of the ball.
I would give him 6/10 - the effort was there but the confidence ( which will come with goals ) is not.