I was happy that he scored - I don't think Krychowiak's pass gets enough credit on that one, what was that 50 yards in the air to assist Rondon? That was GORGEOUS. Then just an excellent job by Salo to make that run, put himself in position, shield the defender, and score from a really tough angle. I gotta admit I was anticipating the ball going out for a goal kick but he saved it at the end.
Right after he makes things happen again, keeping the ball well on another counter to touch it to Gibbs who played it into the box for what turned into the corner that got us the second goal. Rondon is a factor in it too, forcing his defender into a poor clearance that instead assisted Evans.
I did think after the first 30-35 minutes his performance dropped a bit. But what this game confirmed for me is that he's a totally different player when played on to face the goal than when he has his back against the goal. If you could string together some passes to play him into space more often as opposed to regularly air-mailing balls to him hoping he'll win them and hold them up you would be a lot more pleased with his performances.
I also thought it was such a clown/coward move of TP to take Rodriguez away from him in the second half, we looked a lot more threatening in the 442 whenever we had the ball as opposed to the 451.