@Don Diaz re MC's press.
Honestly, I was so surprised to see Winks starting. I couldn't understand it.
And you didn't hear the commentators mentioned Winks' name much during the game for a reason.
In order to play out from the back against their press, our mids, particularly the deeper ones like Winks & PEH, need to show by finding space between MC's lines. PEH did so but he was the only one. If you watched Winks, he rarely created any distance between an MC player & himself. Essentially, he was hiding. Consequently, we became outnumbered with less options. Hence Dier, Toby, & Hugo kept having to hoof the ball forward where it then became at best a 50/50 ball. I don't even think they were comfortable giving it to Winks anyway.
As soon as Sissoko came on while Winks remained, I knew we were done. Two guys not wanting the ball.
If you are someone who believes that we had a cowardly game plan, then Winks epitomized it.