Even in the middle of the park, Luiz left a bit to be desired

Both Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho tried to play Luiz in the middle of the park as a holding midfielder after realising his qualities as a defender were lacking at times.

Even that was not the answer in terms of keeping the Brazilian in the starting XI.

He might be comfortable on the ball but still lost his head defensively – John Obi Mikel summed it up perfectly when talking about his partnership with Luiz and noting: ‘He said he’d play the holding role and that I should go forward. I said OK but, when the game started, I looked up and he was already up their end of the pitch.’