Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Crystal Palace eased to a 2-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage in the first day of the Premier League 2018/19. More importantly, whoscored.com chose Aaron Wan-Bissaka for the man of the match with a score of 8,63, which is pretty high if we consider that he is a right back. So, in order to understanding this accomplished rating, we should analyse what he achieved and did in that match.

Background

Wan-Bissaka is a young defender, only 20-years-old, but he is already a full member of the senior team although this will be his first complete season with the squad.

He made his debut in the Premier League this February against Tottenham Hotspur and also featured in the next two games against Manchester United and Chelsea. So, he made a quite impressive start which led to a break to the senior squad.

Roy Hodgson had this to say about the youngster: “The sort of ones where you are almost putting him to sink or swim and he certainly learnt to swim very quickly.”

This means he can handle the pressure well at a young age. Doing your best in tough circumstances is a valuable ability.

His position is fullback in spite of the fact that he started as a midfielder in the Eagles’ academy. He came to the Crystal Palace academy at the age of 11.

Team news

As you can see both teams lined up with a strong starting XI. Both sides have well-known players like Sakho, Zaha or Benteke on the away side and Schürrle or Seri on the home side.

Due to Fulhams quick wingers  Schürrle and Sessegnon  they like to use their wingers regularly during the attacking phase. The opponents had to pay attention to this, especially for the 18-year-old talent, Sessegnon, who faced up against Wan-Bissaka on the flank.

Actually, he was responsible for marking Sessegnon and did it superbly.

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