This Premier League Team of the Week shows that stats don’t tell the whole story

Manchester City had a wholly dismal afternoon at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Defensive frailties left Pep Guardiola's side 3-0 down to Leicester inside the first 20 minutes, and Serbian international Aleksandar Kolarov came in for plenty of criticism for his part in the visitors' struggles. https://twitter.com/janhopis/status/807651721140994049 https://twitter.com/SmParker8/status/807648146545209348 If you hadn't seen the game, though, you could be fooled for thinking Kolarov actually had a good performance - well, at least if you looked at the stats. The left-back midfielder winger centre-back footballer was given a rating of 8.63/10 by WhoScored, more than any other defender with the exception of Watford's José Holebas. https://twitter.com/WhoScored/status/808311258118287360 In essence, the numbers demonstrate the limitations of certain statistics in football - it's easy to measure the value of goals and assists, and Kolarov got one of each on Saturday, and a nominal defender achieving this can sometimes carry significant weighting. But being caught out of position or easily brushed aside is harder to quantify, so his contribution to City's two goals (both scored after Leicester had netted four times without reply, we might add) overshadows his role in those scored by their opponents. And the responses to the Serb's inclusion showed that people at least had a sense of humour about it all. https://twitter.com/StefanPopovic/status/808313167168372737 https://twitter.com/BantsLikeChappy/status/808317126930939904 https://twitter.com/YusufGhori/status/808315154974777344 https://twitter.com/Aelrufaii/status/808330695147917312 Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live