I think you're hearing what you want to there, there's nothing wrong with that commentary and for the most part the media absolutely love a good cup upset.
I want to believe those two airmen were involved in a hilarious, Allo Allo style slapstick, with an Uzbek policeman who consistently failed to speak Persian.
They won’t go down, even with the absolute disaster they’ve had, I don’t think they’ve actually been in the drop zone at any point. De Zerbi will keep them up, then get one heck of a payout when they sack him at Christmas.
The only consistent 8/10s I can think of were Toby and Virgil, even Mane, Tadic and (to an extent) Tiss blew hot and cold.
Solid six and seven is probably more fruitful; Niemi, Bertrand, Fonte, Lovren, Killer, Davis, Pelle, Le Saux