Maddison looked sluggish against Galatasaray and in the first few minutes was easily beaten to the ball by Lucas Torreira. When Lankshear attempted a one-two with Maddison, his senior team-mate stopped running. Postecoglou was visibly upset on the touchline.

Postecoglou named several inexperienced European players in his starting line-up, with 18-year-old's Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall also starting at Rams Park

Captain Son Heung-min only just came back from a thigh injury of his own in the thrashing of Aston Villa, but Postecoglou was only prepared to risk him for the first hour before bringing him off and would surely have rested him in midweek had other options been available to him.