He appeared under-cooked having been given a first start of the season and was reaching for form.
Clichy made a first start of the campaign following a foot injury, and Jesús Navas was preferred to Raheem Sterling, who was a substitute.
Southampton's manager, Claude Puel, handed a first start of the season to Austin but he flattered to deceive and, unsurprisingly, appeared short of match fitness.
With Nemanja Matic far from resounding, it may be time for the Spaniard to be given a first start of the campaign.
City's manager gave Hart a first start of the season, having dropped him as the side's No1 goalkeeper, and also made him captain.
It included a first start of the season for Tony Hibbert at right-back, a debut for Aiden McGeady as part of an advanced three in midfield and Steven Naismith as a lone striker.
Only three of Sunderland's 14 summer signings – Altidore, Giaccherini and Ki Sung-yueng – were in an XI featuring a return to action for the recently overlooked Carlos Cuéllar and a first start of the season for Cattermole.
Today, 3pm, The Stoop The Exiles made a startling comeback to win this fixture in the Premiership last month and Shane Geraghty, making a first start of the season at fly-half, may torment Quins again.
Having suspended the Brazilian Jo and with Louis Saha injured, he introduced James Vaughan in place of the unavailable Ayegbeni Yakubu for a first start of the season and recalled his captain, Phil Neville, who was starting for the first time since mid-September following injury.
There is a first start of the World Cup warm-up campaign for Ashton following a foot injury, and he joins Ben Foden and Mark Cueto in the back three.
