Is he the most underrated player in this squad now? I wanted him gone and thought his performance was average but after the surgery looks like he is back to full fitness and he is also playing well. Our defensive record with and without him in the 11 sort of sums up his importance.
With Matic | Games | Clean sheets |
PL | 9 | 4 |
Europa League | 3 | 3 |
FA cup | 3 | 3 |
League Cup | 3 | 2 |
Total | 18 | 12 |
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Without Matic | Games | Clean sheets |
PL | 16 | 2 |
Europa League | 3 | 2 |
League Cup | 2 | 0 |
Total | 21 | 4 |
Clean sheets in 66% of the games he played, 19% in the games he missed.
Still i don't like when he takes too much time on the ball and loses in defensive third but the defensive record with him is very good.