Virgil van Dijk once stopped anyone dribbling past him for a long time but the Liverpool defender’s lack of form has seen him drop from the top five list.
Back in 2019 it seemed that all anyone could think about was whether or not Liverpool’s number one centre back was going to get dribbled past.
He went a ludicrous 64 matches without being beaten by someone running at him the ball, which basically seems like a made up stat.
Things haven’t been as good as those heights for the Dutch defender in the past season and he’s been on the end of plenty of criticism.
None of that stopped Jamie Carragher claiming the former Southampton star was better than Manchester United legend Nemanja Vidic, which many weren’t convinced by.
And the numbers don’t help back the 31-year-old up either as he’s not in FBREF’s list of the defenders in Europe best at tackling dribblers.
5. Sven Botman – Newcastle United: 22/28 = 78.6%
4. Eder Militao – Real Madrid: 26/33 = 78.8%
3. Daniel Vivian – Athletic Bilbao: 36/45 = 80%
2. Kim Min-jae – Napoli: 25/29 = 86.2%
1. Aaron Wan-bissaka – Manchester United: 23/25 = 92%
Certainly it’s good news for United fans with Wan-Bissaka topping the list and continuing to prove that he’s the best one-on-one right back around.
There could be more good news for Erik ten Hag’s side when it comes to the second player on the list, Napoli defender Kim.
Thay may well depend on United’s ability to get rid of Harry Maguire in the transfer window as Ten Hag is likely to need to sell to boost his transfer kitty.
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