I'd play Pedri or even Puig instead of Coutinho and a real winger, Trincao or Dembele on the right instead of how we are lining up now. Coutinho has improved his workrate, but nothing else. He was brought for 150 million and he doesn't create chances for himself or dribble well at all. Now you say he had 2 goals and 2 assists, but just go back and watch them? Out of the assists, both were basic passes to Ansu who did most of the work and even then, the first one was all on Lenglet's pass to Coutinho and braindead defending by Villareal.

His two goals - one against Sevilla - was a shot at open net after a great Messi pass and incomplete clearance by their defender and the second one was a HUGE deflection. Has he created chances for the team with dribbling or passing or link up successfully? Pedri has done far better when he started in place of Coutinho and Puig did when he started last season. Coutinho isn't worth 150 million, in my opinion he doesn't even deserve to start now.

There is a reason he was never a starter at Bayern under Flick, watch the UCL final - their left-wing was killed the moment he was subbed on. He isn't good enough to be a 10 in this team - doesn't create chances with passing or dribbling at an acceptable rate and is even worse as a winger.