Casemiro didn’t play well against Crystal Palace on Monday. It might have been his worst game for Manchester United yet. The Red Devils lost 4-0 to the Eagles. It was a bad night for Erik ten Hag. Some stats show just how bad Casemiro played under the Selhurst Park lights.
The Brazilian player was very good for United last season. He scored in the Carabao Cup final and helped them win the trophy. He also had many important moments that helped United qualify for the Champions League in Erik ten Hag’s first season as coach.
However, this season his performances have not been very good and as a result, fans of Manchester United are wondering what has caused the midfielder’s decline.
However, the former Real Madrid player needs to improve. A statistic from Monday’s loss shows that Casemiro has been playing very poorly lately.
WhoScoredcom reported that Casemiro got passed by the other team’s players eight times in the game on Monday. This was the most times any player in the Premier League was passed by the other team all season.
In February, he got dribbled past five times in a game against Aston Villa. This made fans wonder if he was getting slower and not as good at tackling as before.
Casemiro got a lot of criticism from fans online on Monday night, especially for what he did at the beginning of the game. He tried to slide in and take the ball from Michael Olise, but he failed and Olise scored easily. This led to a big loss for the team.
After that, it became even more embarrassing because he tried to guide the ball out of play, but he was pushed away and that gave Olise the space to shoot and score from the edge of the field.
The damage didn’t stop there. The number of times a player dribbled past a Brazilian player at Selhurst Park has made him the most dribbled-past player in the league, with an average of 2. 4 dribbles against him every 90 minutes.
This was first held by Brentford man Mathias Jensen with 2. 3, but Casemiro now has the highest average, which makes him the easiest player to beat in the whole division.
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