At this point, Bruno can retire/leave the Premier League as one of the best offensive midfielders in 21st Century. There are loads of stats as him creating more chances than anyone else (including Kevin De Bruyne who’s also an amazing chance creator).

https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/13u7px6/optajoe_119_bruno_fernandes_created_119_chances/

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/13uh0t2/bruno_fernandes_topped_the_charts_for_most/

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/13c1gle/sky_sports_most_chances_created_between_teammates/

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/14fyy4q/opta_most_chances_created_for_a_specific_teammate/

I really don’t get the excuses of Hojlund having ‘shit service’ in the Premier League given who’s playing next to, but Hojlund is suddenly a lethal goalscorer in the UCL.

  • AlanHuttonsMutton@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There was an article on this recently which basically said there’s a combination of things.

    Apparently he hasn’t had a chance created for him in the last 160 minutes of PL football so there is an argument he hasn’t gotten great service. Rashford and Antony have been incredibly poor this season meaning it has been left to Bruno to create for him but it just hasn’t worked clicked massively yet - the whole of United has been pretty rubbish. But despite that all according to PL date he’s missed six big chances whilst only having 11 shots all season with only four of those 11 being on target.

    Not sure why he’s scoring in the CL compared to the PL - maybe because teams are setting out to try get a positive result with it being a group stage so there’s more space to get in behind? But he’s still massively raw and young so you’d assume he will score in the PL at some point.

    • CotterTheAwoken@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Hard agree with the PL/CL observation, we all know that teams like Fulham, palace, and Brentford are going to sit deep and play low block football Vs United. I know you mentioned that Hojlund missed many big chances in the Prem but I personally don’t think you can play both Hojlund and Rashford upfront, I don’t think Rashford has shown that he is capable of getting the ball to Hojlund on a consistent basis.

      • blither86@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Utd forwards have seemed really selfish, like Chelsea’s, in the highlights I’ve seen. So often the team mate is crying out for a sideways pass and it never comes.