Heroes and Zeros: The stars and strugglers of matchday 23
Roberto Firmino, Dele Alli, Dimitri Payet and Cesc Fabregas were among the top-rated players of the weekend, but Paddy McNair was among the players to have matches to forget, according to the latest stats.
Firmino was at the double as Liverpool secured a memorable 5-4 win at Norwich on Saturday – but our blog straight after the match was less than complimentary about win, saying it papered over the cracks for Liverpool.
Three key decisions from the encounter at Carrow Road came under the spotlight for our Ref Review panel – see what verdict they came to on these, and all the other weekend controversies right here.
Saturday proved a matchday to remember for Spurs midfielder Alli, who scored a goal of the season contender in their win at Crystal Palace – and their success saw the club among the weekend’s big climbers in our Power Rankings table.
Here, WhoScored.com look at the players that played the biggest roles for their teams over the weekend – and those that were more of a hindrance than a help…
Highest-rated player
Firmino – 9.28
Alli – 8.98
Deeney – 8.96
Kante – 8.93
Aguero – 8.66
Most shots on target
Alli – 4
Aguero – 3
Kane – 3
Firmino – 3
9 players – 2
Most successful dribbles
Payet – 7
Fabregas – 3
Dembele – 3
Ramsey – 3
Albrighton – 3
Kante – 3
Most chances created
Eriksen – 9
Stanislas – 6
Deulofeu – 6
Baines – 4
Shelvey – 4
Most touches
Fabregas – 107
Arter – 97
Ramsey – 94
Mori – 94
Janmaat – 93
Best pass completion (minimum 15 passes)
Dembele – 97% (66 passes)
Walcott – 94.7% (19 passes)
Mikel – 94.6% (74 passes)
Zouma – 94.6% (37 passes)
Afobe – 94.1% (17 passes)
Most aerials won
Long – 13
Deeney – 11
Mbokani – 9
Mamadou Sakho – 8
3 players – 7
Most tackles and interceptions (combined)
Behrami – 16
Britos – 10
Clasie – 10
Kante – 10
Van Dijk – 10
Most defensive clearances
Williams – 15
Collins – 13
Demichelis – 12
Alderweireld – 12
Brown – 11
Worst pass completion (excluding goalkeepers)
McNair – 20% (15 passes)
Long – 43.8% (32 passes)
Joselu – 45.8% (24 passes)
Soares – 48.5% (33 passes)
Souare – 48.6% (35 passes)
Most unsuccessful touches
Aguero – 7
Long – 6
Barkley – 5
14 players – 4
Most times dispossessed
Son Heung-min – 7
Silva – 6
Sissoko – 6
Hoolahan – 5
4 players – 4
All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find more stats, including live in-game data and unique player and team ratings. You can follow all the scores, statistics, live player and team ratings with their new free-to-download app.