I always thought the kid would deliver, and I still think that now half a season later. He is quick, he is fast, he can dribble, and while now and then he makes a mistake (and let's face it - who doesn't in this squad), most importantly he has the balls to try. I can only imagine how much the potential experience would've benefited him had he became a semi-regular starter at this point.
Once we got him and Rafinha in tonight, our game unlocked and we started to attack a lot more openly. These two players are absolutely instrumental changes in our starting XI if we even remotely desire to get to CL. I also might be getting ahead of myself but judging by those few flicks/passes he and Rafinha had there seems to be a natural chemistry between them, maybe because they are the only two players in our squad who seem to have actual technical ability to play football as far as our midfield and attack go.