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Mega-money summer signings join Man Utd defender in Prem weekend’s worst XI
Mega-money summer signings join Man Utd defender in Prem weekend’s worst XI

Only one Manchester United defender in the worst XI? Manchester City have more representatives, with Enzo Fernandez alongside another £100million midfielder…

Here is the worst XI, according to WhoScored ratings, from the weekend of matchday 10.

GK: Christian Walton (Ipswich Town) – 5.37 The Town stopper was one of three sub-six goalkeepers on parade this weekend, joined by Gianluigi Donnarumma and Senne Lammens. Walton gifted Bournemouth their opener when he panicked, leading him to attempt to dribble past Evanilson.

RB: Abdoul Ouattara (Ipswich Town) – 5.42 Ouattara was also caught out by Evanilson, the right-back gifting the Bournemouth striker the ball with an ill-advised back-pass in the build-up to the second goal at Portman Road. That was one of 13 possession losses while failing to win a tackle or make an interception of his own.

CB: Leny Yoro (Manchester United) – 5.6 “I think they’re both in a really good place at the moment,” said Michael Carrick of Yoro and Ayden Heaven, but no one could possibly describe the United back four as such this season. Yoro’s rating would be lower were it not for a fine save from Lammens before Leon Goretzka tapped in Villa’s fourth.

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CB: Stephen Mfuni (Coventry City) – 5.80 To the naked eye, the 18-year-old had a better game at Everton than his rating suggests. But Mfuni, on loan from Manchester City, was caught in the middle of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Barry’s pass for Everton’s third and lost seven of nine duels.

LB: Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) – 5.20 The City defender was bundled off the ball by Jair Cunha before the Brazilian bagged Forest’s opener, one of 10 possession turnovers before Gvardiol was hooked at half-time by Enzo Maresca.

MF: Sandro Tonali (Tottenham Hotspur) – 5.62 Tonali’s importance to Spurs has become gradually more evident in recent weeks, never more than when he was completely shackled by Leeds at Elland Road. The £100million midfielder gave the ball away 16 times with roughly a third of his total touches while losing all but one of his nine duels.

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MF: Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) – 5.82 The Villa midfielder is said to be on Chelsea’s watchlist, though their interest may have waned after the 4-4 draw at Old Trafford, where Kamara lost half of his 16 duels while giving away a penalty with a braindead, needless tackle on Matheus Cunha to give United their first route back into a daft game.

MF: Enzo Fernandez (Manchester City) – 5.83 Maresca was desperate to bring in Fernandez during the summer but we’re yet to really establish why. The Argentina midfielder is clearly expected to prioritise getting forward, but City’s midfield so often lacks cover when Elliot Anderson fulfils his attacking brief. Fernandez again was wholly ineffective at Forest before being subbed as City fruitlessly chased the game.

RW: James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) – 6.0 This week’s unlucky inclusion in the worst XI, McAtee struggled to get involved in Forest’s attack against his former club, failing to make a pass in the attacking third. But his industry in and out of possession was just what Forest needed, with his skipper Morgan Gibbs-White singling out McAtee for individual praise.

LW: Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) – 5.92 The winger needlessly gave away a penalty just before the break as the 10 men of Brentford sought to get into the break at Brighton with just a one-goal deficit. And not for the first time – Lewis-Potter was punished for a similar offence at Sunderland in September.

CF: Igor Thiago (Brentford) – 5.11 Brentford were playing with 10 men because Thiago fell for Chema Andres’ provocation, reacting with an arm in the Spaniard’s face, when the visitors were already trailing to Diego Gomez’s thunderb*stard. Brentford will now miss the centre-forward for games against Everton, Manchester United and Arsenal.

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