The 10 PL players with the most errors leading to goals since 2017

With numerous camera angles, 24/7 punditry and groups of screaming hyenas on social media, any player making a potentially match-defining mistake is sure to be placed under heavy scrutiny.

Using statistics from the Premier League website, we’ve looked at the 10 players who’ve made the most mistakes leading to opposition goals in the English top-flight since the start of 2017-18.

Cech is a Premier League legend but was very much at the tail end of his career when making six clangers for Arsenal in 2017-18. No wonder they replaced him with Bernd Leno immediately after the season concluded.

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— (@LaLemarrr) March 6, 2018

The full-time Go-Pro wearer has rarely played in sides that were anything other than relegation fodder and the relentless barrage of opposition attacks perhaps makes mistakes inevitable.

Foster has made six during the last five years, encompassing spells with West Brom and Watford.

Yes, Ederson is arguably the best goalkeeper in the word. Some of those long-range passes he regularly pings about the Etihad are filthier than a miner’s shovel.

But the Manchester City custodian isn’t immune from dropping the odd b*llock or two. Well, six to be precise over his five seasons in England.

We get to our first outfield player on this list and who is surprised to find that he plays for Arsenal? Nobody? Good.

Soares’ tally of seven errors that directly led to an opposition goal also includes two-and-a-half seasons at Southampton before his 2020 move to the Emirates, where Arsenal regulars greet his inclusion on the team sheet with a world-weary sigh.

Not content with being a red card magnet, Xhaka has also made the joint-most errors from an outfield player that led