Stuart Armstrong let Southampton down today

Southampton had been unsurprisingly on the top of a hammering as we speak, as they travelled to Manchester Metropolis to fall to a 4-0 defeat.

It was a sport that they had been wholly anticipated to lose, though it now denotes a fourth straight defeat for Ralph Hasenhuttl because the pressure continues to mount on the Austrian.

Few of his gamers truly turned up for him as we speak in what many would take into account the hardest fixture in world soccer in the intervening time. That is outlined by means of the mixed group SofaScore score of 6.37.

Out of the disappointing performers from as we speak, maybe essentially the most toothless of all of them was Stuart Armstrong, who continued his poor type.

This sport marked his eighth look within the Premier League this season with out a goal or an help, whereas he attained the joint-lowest SofaScore score out of anybody on the pitch with simply 5.8.

Arguably most damning statistic from his efficiency is that he touched the ball simply 26 instances in his 66 minutes on the sphere. This was so low that his goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu had nearly thrice extra with 74. Of those 26 touches, the Scotland worldwide managed to lose possession seven instances.

Was Stuart Armstrong the worst participant for Southampton as we speak?

Moreover, he solely managed one off-target shot all afternoon, offered zero key passes and wasa unsuccessful with all three of his tried dribbles.

When dealing with a aspect like Metropolis, who so typically dominate possession (68% common this season), the forwards are normally required to do exactly as a lot defending as these enjoying on the again with a purpose to have any lifelike likelihood of maintaining the scoreline respectable.

Unsurprisingly, Pep Guardiola’s aspect boasted 66% possession as we speak, and Armstrong supplied nearly nothing to assist out.

He misplaced 87% of his duels and solely made one sort out, however maybe essentially the most irritating statistic is that he was dribbled previous three instances too, exhibiting how actually out of his depth he was as we speak.

His efficiency, together with a choose few others, have heaped much more stress on Hasenhuttl. Southampton barely threatened all day and shipped one other 4 objectives, with Armstrong an unlucky contributor to a sorry afternoon for the Saints.