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Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford and Antony are among those in the top 10 Premier League players to perform worse in the 2023/24 season than last season, according to the data.
They are two of three Man United players included in the list, which compares those who have made at least 20 league appearances in both the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons – as well as three Arsenal players and two Newcastle stars .
The list was topped by one Tottenham star hit by injury, with Ange Postecoglou’s side also missing out on a Champions League place this season after securing the European spot last time out.
WhoScored.com shared on X (formerly Twitter) the Premier League players whose ratings had fallen the most in the season, putting Spurs midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg at the top with a drop of -0.69 year-on-year.
Although the Dane is the only Tottenham name on the 10-man list, according to the data there are three Arsenal players who have severely underperformed, ranking second, third and fifth on the list.
Marcus Rashford and Antony are among the top 10 worst performers year after year
Spurs’ midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg tops the WhoScored.com list with a rating drop of -0.69
Arsenal duo Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli are both in the top five of the list
Gabriel Jesus saw his ratings fall by -0.52 year-on-year, while David Raya saw his ratings fall by -0.41 in his year with the Gunners, having previously been statistically more successful when on the books at Brentford.
The third member of Mikel Arteta’s squad on the list is Gabriel Martinelli in fifth place with -0.36, just behind Man United’s Rashford in fourth place with -0.39.
Although Arsenal finished second in the Premier League for both seasons, there were more expectations on the shoulders of Arteta’s Gunners, and there were a few mid-season appearances that ultimately cost the North London club at the end of the season.
Bournemouth’s Philip Billing found the 22-23 success harder to replicate in the following twelve months, with a score of -0.34, the same number as Man United’s Christian Eriksen, who was increasingly falling out of favor at Old Trafford .
Newcastle duo Kieran Trippier and Miguel Almiron are eighth and ninth on WhoScored’s list, at -0.33 and -0.31 respectively.
The Magpies struggled to match the highs of the 2022-2023 season, dropping from fourth to seventh this time around.
Antony is the third Man United player on the list and tenth overall, with his ratings down -0.29 year-on-year.
Manchester United finished in third place during the 2022-2023 season, Erik ten Hag’s first at Old Trafford, but found their Premier League campaign to be much more difficult the second time around, ultimately finishing in eighth place and possibly missing out. completely dependent on European competition, depending on their FA Cup result on Saturday.
With the transfer window opening in the middle of next month, it remains to be seen which of these players will remain in the Premier League and look to improve their performances over the next twelve months, and which have left the league on a sour note. remark.
Newcastle pair Kieran Trippier and Miguel Almiron are eighth and ninth on the list
Bournemouth’s Philip Billing has struggled to match the success of 2022-2023 in recent months
Manchester United’s only hope for Europe next season rests on Saturday’s FA Cup final
Although not in the Premier League, Rashford, Eriksen and Antony can put the cherry on top of their domestic campaign in the FA Cup final on Saturday afternoon.
At the end of the season, various analyzes of the campaign data have revealed the fastest players in each position, as well as the Arsenal star who put in the worst performance of the Premier League season.