Very good so far! Hope he continues like that and if he does, he will start
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 55
- Clean sheets
- 24
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 13
- Red cards
- 1
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Without a doubt our best defender. Still not 100% there yet, but we just need to find a top quality player to partner him.
Absolutely class all game.
Is there a battle he loses?
Hasn't let Kane have a sniff. Motm so far.
Smalling 
He's such a great defender.
He's carrying the defence, starting to feel like he has stepped up for good. Passing limited but quite consistent as well. Completely confident with him in the team, just needs a better partner.
Beast Mode.
For all the Herrera and Blind talk, the notion of dropping this guy for Jones was the real worrying one. Class.
Chris you beauty
Mike Smalling is just too good
fecking brilliant.
Brilliant all day
Wow, that tackle.
One of the only real positives from today along with Darmian and Shaw.
Showing why he should be the #1 choice CB.
He's a leader.
May not get the headlines, but Smalling has been first class today. What an improvement he's made this last 6-8 months. He looks so solid and confident.
He's MOTM with Darmian close behind.
That tackle. Absolutely solid at the back.
Rio-esque that tackle from Smalling on Chadli
If we can just sort him out with a partner our back 4 is set for the foreseeable.
Mr Mike Smalling. Solid today. MOTM.
He'll become a world class CB. Just has to get better on the ball, shouldn't smash it away at every chance!
Its a shame really, because Darmain, Shaw and Smalling are fantastic. Another centre half and the goalkeeper situation being sorted would make us a real force at the back.
Can we just end the debate. Head and shoulders above any other CB we have. Just needs a solid partner(not Blind).
Absolute rock today. Still think we'd be real title contenders if we got this man a proper partner.
Like this was ever in doubt. He's fantastic.
MotM for me today.
Brilliant today and he needed to be because blind was a passenger.
His quality really shines through in games like that. Put him in a situation where all he has to do is defend and he'll always do good.
Did all the defending in the centre.
Our best CB by a freaking country mile. Nothing new though and I'm not surprised. What a performance.
His defensive abilities are immense, and have always been. The heart of our defence now.
Motm, beast of a CB just stay fit Mike!
Good game from Smalling but he definitely needs a ball player next to him. Tougher tests ahead for the Blind - Smalling partnership.
I know he kind of stepped up last season, but this season will really be one where he can cement himself as a proper Man United mainstay defender. Also convinces me we don't really need a CB that bad.
Mike was absolutely fantastic
Get Mike a world class partner and he might be alright.
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