The majority of those chances have come in the
form of key passes, averaging 3.3 per game.
Going forward Forshaw is also top of the charts in averaging the highest
amount of key passes per game completing 1.2 compared to Phillips (0.6), Vieira (0.4) and O'Kane (0.5) who aren't as productive.
Willian also completed four successful dribbles, more than any other player, as well as the highest
number of key passes with six, including assists for goals scored by Toni Rudiger and Pedro (illustrated below).
Schweini has, to be fair to him, outperformed both of his central midfield colleagues in terms
of key passes per game, but in a team known first and foremost for retaining possession under Van Gaal, I'd expect our number 31 to be doing a bit better.
The amount
of key passes indicate the impact the players are having in the danger areas of the pitch and Ramsey comes out with an average of 2.61 key passes per 90 minutes with a total of 15 so far.
Yesterday, as well as winning the penalty which he then converted, Willian also provided assists for both Toni Rudiger and Pedro and he was the game's top performer in terms of successful dribbles and the number
of key passes made.
Claudio Yacob was crucial in blocking a
number of key passes and runs into the box, but luckily he couldn't deny us for the full match - up.
so what's his contribution in
terms of Key passes, goals and assists as Attacking midfielder????????? just 1 goal and 1 assist and very few key passes.
See how Cazorla can bring difference to our ball possession, interceptions and the number
of key passes.
Then we factored in the amount
of key passes they make, the number of forward passes and their successful dribble attempts per 90 minutes.