It was a miserable weekend for Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal but Leicester, Forest, and Brentford dominate the Premier League weekend’s flops.
Here, according to WhoScored ratings, is the worst XI from a miserable weekend for the leaders, Champions League chasers, and the bottom three…
GK: Daniel Iversen – 5.35
The Leicester keeper seems to have been punished for his inactivity, which seems odd since he spent Saturday evening facing up to Manchester City. Iversen wasn’t directly at fault for any of City’s three goals and his one save was a flying stop to deny Riyad Mahrez. Giving the ball back to City with half of his attempted passes won’t have helped his cause.
RB: Aaron Hickey – 5.94
Not a great weekend for Premier League right-backs. Brighton’s Joel Veltman recorded 5.84 but his hamstring twanged inside the first half-hour and we’re not monsters. Everton’s Ben Godfrey earned a sub-six score but Hickey gets the nod after an iffy display at Wolves. The Brentford defender contributed no blocks, interceptions or tackles to the defensive effort while giving Wolves the ball 10 times.
CB: Sven Botman – 5.96
The Newcastle defence were run ragged by Ollie Watkins but very few centre-backs would have been able to stop the Villa striker in the form he showed on Saturday. Still, Botman didn’t have to give Villa back the ball 11 times, including seven attempted long balls that all went astray.
CB: Moussa Niakhate – 5.82
The Forest centre-back would reasonably question an abject lack of protection from his midfield and Niakhate was generally quite solid, aside from going walkabout for both United goals. Again, you could hardly pin the blame squarely on him, but he was way out of position when Danilo lost the ball ahead of the opener and he was dissected by Antony’s cute pass into Diogo Dalot.
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LB: Victor Kristiansen – 5.89
The furthest left of Leicester’s back five at City, Kristiansen was too sloppy in possession for the 45 minutes he was given before being hooked at half-time by Dean Smith. Seemingly too busy retreating towards his own goal to make a tackle.