Manchester United are sat on four points after four matches in the Premier League after they were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City at The Etihad on Sunday.
The Red Devils were second-best for the majority of the match and were deservedly beaten by their local rivals, thanks to two goals from Erling Haaland and one from Phil Foden.
One of the talking points leading up to kick-off was the inclusion of Benjamin Sesko for his full Premier League debut after his move from RB Leipzig this summer.
Benjamin Sesko’s performance against Man City in numbers
The Slovenia international will not remember the clash too fondly because his Manchester United teammates gave him very little to work with throughout the match.
The 6 foot 5 marksman only won three of his eight aerial duels, as Ruben Dias controlled him well, and that may be an aspect of his game that the he may look back on and think that he could have done better.
Sesko was far from the worst performer on the pitch, as it was mainly down to a lack of service as to why he was ineffective, but Luke Shaw was a contender for that award.
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The England international started in the left-sided centre-back role in Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 system, with Patrick Dorgu ahead of him and Matthijs de Ligt to his right.
His performance was, unfortunately, worse than Sesko’s and arguably the worst of any player on the pitch, as he played a part in all three of Manchester City’s goals.
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