Tottenham Hotspur defender Kieran Trippier was outstanding in Monday night’s 3-0 win over Manchester United. The 27-year-old was better than Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen when looking at some of the statistics – he won more aerial duels and was more accurate in his long-distance distribution (5/8) than the former (5/12) and created more chances than the latter.
According to Squawka, the England international boasted the most touches (64), most aerial duels (4), most chances created (3) and the second-most passes (44) at the time of his 75th-minute substitution. He’s picked up from where he left off with England at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and has gone from being the underdog to a real key player under Mauricio Pochettino.