By Louis Nixon

Despite only coming on for the beginning of extra time, Kyle Walker-Peters had an excellent appearance and caused trouble for QPR. 

Overall, he had a great 30-minute cameo, but what was most impressive were his attacking actions rather than his defensive ones, they were quick, fluid attacks and there was no struggle on the right hand side and it seemed that he and Bowen were pre-linked, they knew where one another would be, which allowed a river of confidence to be had between them. 

Thanks to himself and Ollie Scarles, once the pair came on for extra time, it revitalised the energy levels of the entire squad. It seriously does show how important wingbacks are in the Nuno system.

Both Mayers and Wan-Bissaka, before they came off, had run their hearts out for the team and despite Wan-Bissaka returning to the first team and having a good defensive stint, he wasn’t able to provide as much as Walker-Peters could attackingly.

Therefore, bringing on Walker-Peters as an impact sub for the future wouldn’t surprise me, given that he’s likely to reinstate Wan-Bissaka’s starting position within the squad.

84% pass accuracy since he came on, he won 2/3 duels whilst also making three defensive contributions. He’s a talented player and given that over the winter period, he has been nursing an injury across this plethora of games, he’s performed relatively well despite our results suggesting otherwise.

Bar one or two performances, his individual quality has rarely failed us since joining the club and hopefully that is to continue with the crucial upcoming games we have ahead.