I started doing research for this story by trying to find some dirt on Alberto Moreno. After watching the League Cup Final and Moreno's pathetic attempt at a tackle in the box on Sergio Aguero, that was the last straw. It seemed like all of the City attacks came up the right wing and Moreno was always nowhere to be found, seemingly too far up the pitch. It seemed like he kept getting layoffs toward the corner, and then he would send a ball into the box that missed and the counter was on. It seemed like when he did need to make a tackle, that he was more matador than anything. While 24 hours ago I would have shared many of these sentiments, statistics paint a slightly different picture of the Liverpool left back.

First let's address the City attack direction. Moreno was defending Fernandinho for the most part, who had 54 touches for City. On the other side, Raheem Sterling had 61 touches. Also Aguero chose to attack more from the left side of the box than the right.

He must be a poor tackler. That absurd kick out on Aguero in the box was his only tackle on the day, and he was 1/3. Clyne on the other side of the pitch however was 4/4. Over the season so far, Moreno has about a 76% success rate on tackles, quite a bit lower than Clyne's 84%. Surely this is it, I thought. However those numbers are on par with his peers at the top of the table.