Craig Dawson was dominant against Manchester City last week during Wolves’ 2-1 win.
Marking Erling Haaland out of the game, limiting the Norwegian to just one shot on target and 15 touches of the ball.
It was this defensive display that helped secure three points for Wolves and a move up to 15th in the league for Gary O’Neil.
The 33-year-old rolled the years back and did something not many can in stopping the robot that is Haaland from scoring, or even having a sniff of goal at Molineux.
After this display, David Seaman has praised Dawson ahead of Arsenal’s own game against City.
David Seaman on Dawson
Speaking on the Seaman Says Podcast, the Arsenal legend was raving about Wolves’ £3.3 million man.
“I’ll go 2-1 to Arsenal. Can we have Dawson for this game to mark Haaland? I know, to mark Haaland out of the game and to clear them off the line as well, what a game he had last weekend.”
Continuing, Seaman explained his concerns over facing City, which only highlights how impressive Wolves were last week.
“But I have to go for an Arsenal win, just to keep hopes alive and give some confidence that we’d beat them in the league for once,” Seaman said.
Just how good was he?
Dawson played the entire game against City and his stats taken from SofaScore show just how good he was.
Seven clearances and three shots blocked showed how immoveable he was in defence.
Along with this he won 100% of his duels, against such a physical striker, that is an impressive stat.
Alongside his defensive work, he was top quality on the ball too, managing an 88% pass completion rate from defe