Look at today for example. Yes Doku completed some dribbles, but most times Trent funneled him to the byline or inside and Doku wasn’t really threatening for the most part. Yet the prevailing narrative is that he got destroyed by Doku.
He has actually been decent to good at defending this season yet people say he’s been a horrific defender. I don’t think this is quite true if you watch him play.
I won’t claim that he’s an amazing defender but he’s not a bad one either, he’s just a perfectly average to good defender but the narrative is that he’s a liability. It’s frustrating to see.
I can’t remember the last time he got cooked. The last few times started become less and less frequent by the point where it was only Vinicius, Mitoma and Martinelli that did him. Only by 3 top wingers in the world. And now even less frequently. This whole “he can’t defend bs” is from people that don’t watch football regularly and currently.