However, unfortunately for Ozil, Olivier Giroud had other plans and the French international went on
a barren scoring run in which he was dreadful in front of goal.
Not exact matches
Are we certainties to break our
barren goal
scoring run?
In my opinion the reason we did not win the league was because Giroud stopped
scoring and went on a 12 - 15 game
barren run and walcott had stopped
scoring.
The French international
scored twice in five minutes at the Stadium of Light, while Ibrahimovic drew a blank at home to Burnley which extended his
barren run to six Premier League games without a goal.
He was on a brilliant
scoring run since January but has how been
barren for five games in a row, and his contribution in the last two matches against Chelsea and Swansea were minimal to say the least.
He was called up to the England U21 side a couple of weeks ago and
scored on his debut, and he has finnal broken his
barren run at Hull as well after
scoring in the penalty shoot out win over Premiership side Leicester.
I suggested earlier (after the two
barren draws) we should attack
running into the box (striker inclusive) and look how many goals we have
scored since using this tactic.
Saints have struggled to
score goals this season and while Gabbiadini gave them hope after his arrival in January, he has
run into a
barren patch.
The young French forward has been one of the big positives in United's season and after a
barren run in front of goal he has begun to look more threatening,
scoring twice in his last five league matches.
Even the fact that Arsenal
scored two goals after a bit of
barren run in front of goal isn't a positive.
Burnley hadn't
scored since their 1 - 0 win over Manchester City in March, a
barren run of six goalless games.
However, Wayne Rooney also put in an eye - catching performance and even though he failed to end a
barren run of three months without a league goal, the England striker still played a pivotal role in his team's overwhelming success and contributed largely to Beratov's
scoring plaudits.