Sentences with phrase «league goalscoring record»

2017 was a pretty sweet year for Harry Kane as the England ace broke Alan Shearer's Premier League goalscoring record and overcame the Messi - Ronaldo dominance to top the goalscoring charts in Europe.

Karim Benzema scored twice after Cristiano Ronaldo broke his six - match duck at the ground with a superb opener to edge within one of club icon Raul's all - time Champions League goalscoring record.

Not exact matches

It's already been a whirlwind season for Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy so far, having smashed long standing goalscoring records and firing the Foxes to the top of the Premier League table.

Henrik Larsson (Man Utd) â $ «Many critics questioned Larssonâ $ ™ s ability at the top level, pouring scorn on his goalscoring record because it came in a supposed â $ ˜weakerâ $ ™ league.

The 25 year - old has scored 20 goals in his 24 appearances in all competitions this season, continuing his fine goalscoring record since the 2013 - 14 season, proving to be one of the most prolific goalscorers in Europe's top leagues.

Despite his displays often seeming to be languid and slow - paced, Dzeko has a fine goalscoring record for Manchester City, having bagged 46 league goals for the club, an impressive record considering he has spent much of that time playing second fiddle to Sergio Aguero and Mario Balotelli.

Balotelli only arrived at Anfield in the summer from Lazio's Serie A rivals AC Milan, but despite his impressive goalscoring record at the San Siro, Balotelli has been unable to translate his performances back into the English game, with only one Liverpool goal to his name so far — in the Champions League against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad.

City star Aguero is rightly considered as one of the Premier League's finest — his goalscoring record would be even better if it was not for niggling injuries curtailing his progress.

Despite his insane goalscoring record this term, it's understandable to see where Savage is coming from, as Man City star Kevin De Bruyne has, along with Salah, had an unbelievable season this year, and with Man City closing in on the Premier League title, we should see the Belgian pick up the POTY award.

Lampard, widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players, made 648 appearances for the West London club between 2001 and 2014, and holds their goalscoring record with 211; he is the only midfielder to have scored over 100 goals since the inception of the Premier League.

SEE ALSO: Wayne Rooney prepared to wait for the opportunity to break England goalscoring record Tottenham's Harry Kane reveals his dream Premier League 5 - a-side team, names Chelsea legend and Manchester United forward Manchester United injury news: Red Devils star huge doubt for Liverpool clash after withdrawing from international duty

The 26 - year - old has previously shone in La Liga with Real's local rivals Atletico Madrid, and has also taken his fantastic goalscoring form with him to England with a prolific Premier League record since his arrival in 2011.

The Colombian striker has an outstanding goalscoring record since 2008, scoring at least 12 league goals every season, despite changing teams four times, and can clearly adapt to different styles of team.

A player with a phenomenal goalscoring record, Cristiano Ronaldo has had a difficult time with Real Madrid of late and is rumoured to be heading back to Manchester United in a sensational return to the Premier League.

He just broke the postwar Serie A goalscoring record - in a league that's had goalscorers like Van Basten, Batistuta, Inzaghi, Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Del Piero etc. just since the 90s!

Claudio Ranieri led The Foxes to the top of the table in a record breaking season which was marked by the goalscoring exploits of Jamie Vardy, creativity of Riyad Mahrez and tenacity of N'Golo Kante as Leicester won the league by ten points ahead of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

This poor defensive record has offset their fairly impressive goalscoring record resulting in their disappointing current league position.

As we approach the opening day of the 2015/16 Premier League season, however, United's is a squad that boasts only three natural forwards and none with a goalscoring record akin to those of RVP and Falcao.

He has a good goalscoring record in that league and was one of the leading scorers in the league when at his last club Karlsruher.

- Main feature interview with new signing Lucas Moura - Mauricio Pochettino's exclusive programme column - All the stats behind Harry Kane's 100 Premier League goals - Road to Russia: Hugo Lloris remembers watching past World Cups - Tottenham Tales: When we borrowed Highbury and Arsenal used the Lane during the two World Wars - 100 Club: Looking at Jermain Defoe's goalscoring records - Wembley Memories with Micky Hazard

Jermain Defoe revealed he had been given words of encouragement by Martin Chivers before he surpassed his European goalscoring record in Tottenham's 2 - 1 win over Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League.

In 1995, having already made his name known with a respectable goalscoring record in the 70s, Gazzaev led Spartak - Alania to the Russian Top League title, unexpectedly breaking the hegemony of Oleg Romanstev's Spartak side with the unfashionable North Ossetian club.

The world's most expensive player has struggled with injury since the winter break and was booed for taking a penalty on his only league appearance of 2018 so far against Dijon, which denied Edinson Cavani a chance to break the PSG goalscoring record.

Kane heads into Thursday night's clash with West Ham, live on Sky Sports Premier League, with a fine goalscoring record against London rivals, having scored 21 times in 31 Premier League London derbies - including seven goals in his last six meetings with the Hammers following a first - half double in a 3 - 2 victory back in September.