After Van Persie left, Walcott was our go - to guy when we needed goals that season and he got us 21
goals in all competitions playing as a winger and coming off the bench in most of those games.
If you have fresh memory from 99 - 2000 season, Kevin Phillips from Sunderland scored 35
goals in all competitions playing with far inferior midfield than Arsenal midfield.
Not exact matches
He
played 106 games
in two and a half seasons, scoring 26
goals in all
competitions.
The French international enjoyed an outstanding first season
in Madrid this year, scoring 25
goals in all
competitions to establish himself as one of La Liga's most prolific attackers, all the more impressive for reaching such figures despite
playing out wide for Diego Simeone's side.
Ibrahimovic also scored five
goals in the Europa League, even if he couldn't
play his part as the club beat Ajax
in the final of the
competition.
Costa scored more
goals in league
play while Giroud scored more often
in other
competitions and produced more assists.
Mkhitaryan scored 23
goals and provided 32 assists
in 52 appearances
in all
competitions last season, and his creative ability
in the final third will be seen as a crucial part of United's
play next year as they look to bring back some flair and excitement to the team.
The 20 - year - old linked up with Brendan Rodgers last summer, and went on to score 32
goals in 49 appearances
in all
competitions as he
played a fundamental role
in Celtic's treble - winning campaign.
However, with no
goals or assists
in 10 appearances
in all
competitions for Spurs so far this season, coupled with his general level of
play being below what Pochettino would have expected, it was no surprise to many to see Sissoko left out of the squad to face Chelsea last weekend.
The prolific forward scored 30
goals in all
competitions last season despite his
playing time restrictions from January onwards, and so the 29 - year - old evidently has more than enough to make City regret such a decision.
Despite his limited
playing time, Morata has still managed to score 17
goals in 36 appearances
in all
competitions, and with Man Utd needing a clinical striker, he could be the answer.
Bale has a superb debut season at Real Madrid, notching up 22
goals in all
competitions and
playing a key role
in their Champions League title triumph, however the 25 - year - old failed to hit the same heights
in 2014/15 and became something of a scapegoat for the failures that ultimately led to the sacking of manager Carlo Ancelotti.
With just eight
goals and eight assists
in 42 appearances
in all
competitions, the French international wasn't able to
play to his best ability, and
in turn, he'll be out to prove to Jose Mourinho that he deserves a regular spot
in the year ahead.
Given the incompatibility issues with the Liverpool style of
play, it has been a struggle for the Belgian forward, as he scored just 10
goals in 42 appearances
in all
competitions last season.
Arsenal fans should be happy that they will be able to keep their super-sub, who has already bagged himself seven
goals in all
competitions, and will most certainly help our cause
in the second half of the campaign, but it will make things more complicated over the busy festive period with Alexandre Lacazette rarely
playing the full 90 minutes of the match.
Vidal also
played a key role
in his country's Copa America victory earlier this summer as he finished the
competition with three
goals to his name and also converted his penalty
in the shootout as Chile prevailed over pre-tournament favourites Argentina
in the final on home soil and end 99 years without a major international trophy.
in all
competitions this season, OG
played 35 games, scoring 18
goals, coasta
played 37, scoring 20.
Wouldn't Giroud's efforts at
goal scoring be complemented if the Boss
plays Walcott and Welbeck
in rotation at center forwad where the trio could guarantee Arsenal 45 EPL
goals and 60
goals in all
competitions, if he set that as the benchmark for them to accomplish next season?
We aren't talking about a player who has struggled to make an impact here, Dembele scored 17
goals in all
competitions for Fulham last season, which is a great achievement for a 19 year old
playing in a side that was involved
in a relegation battle last season.
He said: «I always want to
play for the biggest teams
in the world, and
in the
competitions like the Champions League and it is my
goal to win many titles, and I know that I can win titles with this team but to achieve that we need a big squad, if players get injured, it's just like that.
Garry Cahill arguably the quickest
in our leauge has made four defensive errors that led to shots on
goal plus a dive whilst
playing for a team who only lost once wereas per has made 2
in all
competitions.
The Arsenal team that Arsene Wenger picked for the match at Anfield yesterday were absolutely awful
in the first half and were extremely lucky to be only 2
goals down at the break, but although some players have complained that they just weren't ready, Wenger believes that the slow start was because they didn't
play a game last week, and suffered from «a lack of
competition».
Despite scoring 21
goals in all
competitions this campaign, the England international still struggles to find the net
in a fair amount of games, which is an element of his
play that'll he definitely need to improve should wish to develop into a world class player
in the future.
A knock - on effect of that is potentially seeing Rashford
play less, but given he's already made 36 appearances
in all
competitions so far this season, scoring 10
goals and providing eight assists, it's difficult to really get on board with Redknapp's assertion that the 20 - year - old should be concerned for his future at Old Trafford.
It went to poor
play then disgusting and lastly even as an Arsenal fan laughable watching a top team
playing like this and conceding a
goal like that
in such top
competition.
They've won 20 of their last 22 games at home
in all
competitions, and the fact that Bilbao will have to come out and attack — needing two
goals to go through — could
play right into their hands.
No side
playing the second leg away from home has ever been able to overturn a two -
goal deficit
in the Champions League and given Monaco's impressive defensive record
in the
competition, the former Porto man is confident they have the ability to progress.
Hazard has four
goals and seven assists
in all
competitions for the German side, and Mourinho admits he is a player whose performances he has been
playing close attention to, though he said it was too early to tell whether or not he would make it as a Chelsea player.
Hector Bellerin had a big part to
play in two of the
goals and after the game he made it clear that the Gunners were going all out to create history
in this
competition.
Walcott as average as people say he is can get us about a total of 16
goals in all
competitions this season when
in form.Coquelin looked really good
in preseason and looks to have gotten his interception ability back.Elneny has the ability to position himself
in such a way that there's always someone next to him so he can make a simple pass while possessing aggresiveness and being able to intercept.This is for now is a good lineup.It's unfair to keep
playing those who have failed while others wait.We need to get players back to form quickly.We must also bring back Wilshere who is bettrr than Ramsey and Xhaka and gets to form quickly.
The Egypt international has majorly surpassed expectations since joining Liverpool from Roma
in the summer, scoring 36
goals in all
competitions despite largely
playing as a right winger.
The Dutchman has been
in torrid form over the campaign, scoring just six
goals in 35 appearances
in all
competitions, only recently scoring his first Premier League
goal from open
play.
Valencia,
playing both up front and out wide, managed just five
goals and three assists
in all
competitions in 2014/15, but has had a big - money price tag slapped onto his head by the Hammers, according to the Daily Express.
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.
In fact, although the 22 - year - old has three goals in 23 appearances in all competitions, he has yet to score in open play as he continues to struggle for confidence and for
In fact, although the 22 - year - old has three
goals in 23 appearances in all competitions, he has yet to score in open play as he continues to struggle for confidence and for
in 23 appearances
in all competitions, he has yet to score in open play as he continues to struggle for confidence and for
in all
competitions, he has yet to score
in open play as he continues to struggle for confidence and for
in open
play as he continues to struggle for confidence and form.
The Gunners may have recently discovered Alexis Sanchez's capabilities of
playing as a striker
in front of
goal, but let's be honest at the end of the day he is a converted winger and if Arsenal truly want to become dominant across not just England but
in Europe too, then the club needs to invest
in a major frontman who will get them more than 20
goals a season
in all
competitions.
There's no doubt about Vidal's contribution to a fourth consecutive Italian league title win for Juve, with an impressive tally of eight
goals and four assists
in all
competitions also
playing a major role
in guiding Massimiliano Allegri's side to the final of the Champions League, where he could make his final appearance for the club against Barcelona.
Lukaku is believed to be keen on
playing Champions League football next season, and having proved he can be deadly
in front of
goal, more than deserves a place
in the European elite
competition.
Playing from the wing, he scored 19
goals in all
competitions, he was mainly left out of the starting lineup on many occasions, as well as being totally blanked since the defeat away at Crystal palace.
Having shown his quality with Colombia and
in previous spells with Monaco and Porto, the 25 - year - old can offer so much more as he's shown what he's capable of with 11
goals and 13 assists
in 31 games
in all
competitions and limited
playing time this season.
It's easy to see how the 26 - year - old could fit
in perfectly at the Bernabeu, showing great skill and intelligence
in his
play this term to notch up 11
goals and 18 assists
in all
competitions.
Ibrahimovic scored 28
goals and provided 10 assists
in 46 appearances
in all
competitions last season, while Rojo was a crucial figure
in the backline as he
played in 41 games last year having established himself as a trusted option for Mourinho.
And to think that, merely to defend a three
goal lead to the porous defence of such low class teams as CSKA on Thursday and
in the runner up European
competition at that, Wenger was only left with puerile dross like Xhaka, Elneny and Iwobi to
play in our midfield.
The Spaniard
played a key role
in helping us win five of our six matches
in all
competitions, scoring two
goals in the process, and his performances did not go unnoticed by the PFA's voters, earning the award with 37 % of all votes received.
Ruelando, with due respect dude and for those now giving stic to Alexis (15 EPL
goals scored when
played as CF and 13 assist all
competitions the most
in europe so far) can not have One bad game or two?
Competition is unsurprisingly fierce even with the injury suffered by summer signing Ousmane Dembele, with Deulofeu limited to nine La Liga outings so far this season, a total of 494 minutes of
playing time with just one
goal and two assists
in that time.
Bale,
playing in a Real side made up largely of fringe players, converted coolly from the spot 10 minutes before half - time to notch his first
goal in domestic
competition since September.
The 23 - year - old has
played in 19 games this season
in all
competitions, picking up two
goals and two assists so far, including scoring against Juve
in October as well.
The facts — things which are prominently missing from large swaths of his article — say otherwise: van Persie would
play in all 38 matches his first season at United; he featured
in only 21 and 27 the next two seasons respectively, failing to hit 20
goals in all
competitions each of those seasons before being fucked off to the soccer retirement home known as the Turkish Süper Lig.
The Red Devils, lived up to their recent reputation of not
playing to their full potential
in the first half, and duly paid the price after the opening
goal well worked by Blackburn Rovers as the combination of Danny Graham and Marvin Emnes managed to unlock the visitors» back four to score the first
goal that United conceded
in six games
in all
competitions.