United fans have been impressed by the Ivorian's assertiveness at the back, with
his high number of fouls suffered during his final season with Villarreal underlining how awkward an opponent he can be for attackers who try to wrestle with him and gain an advantage.
Defensively, we launch 3rd
highest number of tackles per game (21.5) In EPL, only Sunderland (25.6), spuds (22.6) and Liverpool (22.3) are ahead
of us and yet we concede the lowest
number of fouls per game (8.9)!