The Dutch international has struggled in his first year in England, scoring just six goals in 35 appearances in all competitions, while he only recently ended his wait
for a goal from open play in the Premier League.
The young man has an eye
for goal from both open play and set pieces, he has the ability to run at opponents at pace and he looks completely at ease with high pressure situations (using the November Merseyside derby as a prime example).
Not exact matches
Gon na get a few thumbs down
for this but to be honest I would rather spend my weekends watching my team
play beautiful attacking football and have the joy of watching beautiful
goals such as Wilshere's
goal v west brom last week and still finish in the top 4 with a cup final to look forward to than win the title having to force my eyes
open to actually see my team win via an early
goal and the rest of the game spent watching headed clearances
from John terry
The centre forwards at Bayern, PSG, Juve, Real, Chelsea, Man City and Barca all had totals in the teens
for their league
goals from open play and all (bar Chelsea) were comfortably outscored by wide forwards / second strikers in their teams.
Sanchez has scored 72
goals in 133 appearances
for Arsenal, and most of his
goals were created
from open plays and individual efforts.
It is quite amazing that Olivier Giroud has scored five
goals in his last five games
for Arsenal, but he has actually only started one game, and in that match it was the first one that he didn't score
from open play.
Higuain has average 16 league
goals from open play in a season
for the last 5 years.
He has 30 league
goals for the past 2 seasons with 3 months out
from open play — Benzema has 32, Higuain has 30, Cavani has 29, Ibra has 32 — you would have to say he has done pretty well to mix it with these guys with his zero talent / ability wouldn'tyou?
For me the debate about potential strikers should not be the amount of scored
goals from open play but instead of the contribution of strikers can offer.
Nasri found enough space
for one brilliant shot and made the most of it with a
goal, and he managed to make a seemingly stellar eight passes that led to shots, but Joe Hart was rarely tested
from open play.
Run em ragged but silly errors by Mustafi & co let us down, why does Wenger sign these turds that aren't good enough to
play for the Arsenal Xhaka another turd who missed the target,
open goal from 10 yards and he puts it wide, my nan could've scored that and she's been dead 10 years, so f - ing frustrating.
Both have
played teams that you would not expect to be challenging
for honours, both have only managed one
goal per game, and Spurs have not yet scored
from open play.
Ashley Barnes was there to capitalise
for the visitors, handing them their first away league
goal from open play of the season.
As
for the non pen by Fletcher against Arshavin you mentioned, funny thing - fletcher himself admitted he felt it was a penalty and most media reaction was «stone cold penalty but it didn't matter because 20 seconds later Arshavin scored», so see, Dean wasn't trying to tilt the game but rather give Walcott the impetus to score a
goal from open play like Arshavin did.
The former Wolverhampton Wanderers man has created
goal scoring opportunities
for his team mates on ten occasions
from open play this season, so will be a key man in terms of breaking down the Man United defence
By the final whistle, Pochettino's engineering had ensured his side were able to hold out
for a hard - won point away at the Emirates but it was a result — regardless of how brave and manly their defending had been
for a team in such a poor patch of form — that extended their wait
for a win to seven games, and made it six games without a
goal from open play.
We would be right in the sense that Janssen would go on to net against Gillingham in the EFL Cup, but it was
from the penalty spot as the wait went on
for a first
goal from open play.
rates
for Giroud and Lacazette are 1
goal from open play for some time more than 1 game and less than 2 games.
Roberto Firmino carried the ball and
played it into the path of Henderson, whose low cross sliced past an unmarked and offsides Mané before finding Salah at the back post, only
for the Egytion to put his effort wide of the
open goal, albeit
from a tight angle.
Only Eden Hazard (six) created more
from open play in the Premier League over the weekend than Silva (five), with two of those turning into assists
for goals.
Brighton will know that Arsenal are appalling away
from home and they'll know that if you get the first
goal against this team they'll be on their knees confidence-wise, so my hopes
for today's game is that the team ride the
opening exchanges, then grow into the match as it
plays through.
For the first
goal against West Brom, whose ultra-defensive tactics were starting to frustrate City, Aguero came short to receive a pass and carved
open the visitors and produced a back - heel flick to
play in Kevin de Bruyne, running through
from midfield.
On loan
from Paris Saint Germain, it didn't take too long
for the 24 year old to
open his account
for new club Stoke and win the hearts of his new fans as he slotted the ball past on - rushing
goal - keeper Petr Cech after
playing a one - two with team - mate Saido Berahino.
Five strikes
from open play this season
for his loan club stress his appetite
for goals and his acrobatic celebrations are just as eye - catching.
Stoke City was always going to be a very tough game
for us, mainly as we'd not scored a
goal from open play against them
for about 8 years (one penalty, two own
goals, no wins).
Under Tuchel Dortmund
play with far greater structure and flexibility and it's certainly paid off
for them on the score board, with the vast majority of their
goals coming
from open play.
They now possess the ability and know - how to carve out opportunities
from open play instead of waiting
for set -
plays and this will result in Bolton scoring plenty more
goals under Owen Coyle than they ever did under Megson.
Not his night in midweek as he searches
for his first
goal from open play.
play Pierre Emerick Aubameyang turned the ball in
from close range seven minutes into the second half The striker was largely anonymous in the
opening 45 minutes, but there was no denying the 27 - year - old after the break, as he tapped home
from close range following some good work
from Denis Bouanga,
for the fifth AFCON
goal of his career.
It's obviously fine if you're going in with the
goal to see or
play one or two particular titles, but don't necessarily expect to receive
open arms
from developers or media types at booths if you're trying to get the scoop
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