Jack Stephens
The squad excelled themselves during the evening’s action with last-ditch clearances, and block after block against the Man City onslaught. Chief among the entrenched generals holding the fort was Jack Stephens.
If the ball found its way into the box the centre back was never far away. With the amount of action the Saint was called upon to take you would think he was the ball’s shadow.
Statistics supplied by the Telegraph shows the size of the achieved task. SFC made 57 clearances, 27 interceptions, and made 11 blocks on opposition attempts.
Stephens was responsible for a large chunk of this effort and with the sizable help of his defensive colleagues saw off the away side’s threat. Even Danny Ings deputized at the back to ensure the line wasn’t breached.