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#3 Thiago Silva rolling back the years
An absolute behemoth at the back for the majority of his career, last season the big Brazilian started showing signs of decline in the last couple of years, but tonight, when his team needed the most, the man with the armband got up and did the business, Keeping one of the most vibrant attacks in the World at bay for the 90 minutes.
He might be 34, he might have lost a yard of pace, but class is permanent and tonight it showed, as Thiago Silva put in the kind of performance that he used to for Milan that prompted his move to France in the first place.
Thiago Silva absolutely pocketed the opposition forwards, and he kept carrying on to the final whistle, despite being on the receiving end of a lot of bad challenges on him.
He didn't let anyone run past him with his exceptional positioning meant he was never caught out by long balls or passes over his head. This performance could set the tone for the rest of the campaign, and this Champions League is gonna be one of the most hotly contested one it has been in years.
