Num erous times I've seen him pull
out of aerial duels and 1 - 1 tackles, not what you need from a PL CB.
We have a 6» 4 snail who ducks
out of aerial duels for vice-captain and a pint - sized sideways passing guy who uses ridiculous amounts of hair gel as captain.
Not exact matches
Also I have now found
out that Mertesacker actually wins 2.2
of aerial duels each game.
Gab for me has not convinced, Mert, we can't expect him to turn into Usain and Kos, we cant expect opposing managers to stop pitting the likes
of Kouyate, Van Dijk, G Mccauley, Benteke against him at set pieces and hope he can come
out on top in their
aerial duel every time....
Nacho was the stand -
out defender but Per did fine for most
of the game; 12 effective clearances to Kos's 10, 10
duel winners to Kos's 8, 9
aerial duels to Kos's 5 — and we have clowns saying how Kos was once again «covering» for his friend.
But the part
of our game that needs improving is our defensive play, that's why we need a proper defensive midfielder — a player with power, quality, the ability to win
aerial duels and a defensive mind to snuff
out attacks before they happen.
Lost most
aerial duels prior to the goal and looked lost in defence (terrible for our supposed best defender and captain) can not organise a defence, Mertersacker was the leader in the defence and barked
out instructions despite his lack
of pace.
The big Belgian scored a hat - trick from 4 shots, but he also won 9
out of 15
aerial duels and successfully received 44 passes as the focal point
of Villa's attack.
Dropping back often to operate as a third center back, the 22 - year - old recorded 16 successful clearances - 11 with his head - and won a ridiculous 12
out of 13
aerial duels.
(WhoScored.com) «Lolo» won 10
out of 12
of his
aerial duels, showing...
Monreal won 10
out of 11
aerial duels (91 %), with...
One surprising fact that came
out, is he managed to win only 55.6 %
of his
aerial duels, yet managed the same number
of duels per game as Koscielny.
By the winter break, the Polish enforcer had begun to show his steel in La Liga, winning 54
out of 74
aerial duels (73 %) and only Malaga's Ignacio Camacho had won more
duels in La Liga.
He also enjoyed success in
aerial duels winning two
out of 3 (67 %) against Harry Kane & Moussa Dembele.
On the basis
of their statistics for this season, Deeney comes
out second best in all but
aerial duels won (39 per cent per game), just ahead
of Okaka, and the number
of times he loses possession on average (0.9) per game.