Coutinho had a very good season with Liverpool imo; and was really wc every game with the nt, but i think that because he was so awful in the games after his injury, people are failing to see he's already in the next level.
I dont think stats tell us the full history, but remember those Arsenal Tweets they used in the past to Mock Coutinho and "prove" how Ozil was better than him using "end product" stats?
Well, lets play this game, lets pick the "big names" - midfielders/wingers/ss despite position, tactics, etc.
Its easy to find in WHOSCORED the minutes played in the EPL, then do the math considering MINUTES PLAYED % GOALS + ASSISTS, so we can see how many minutes will take for a player score or assist:
RANKING EPL 2016/2017
MINUTES PLAYED % GOALS + ASSISTS
1 - COUTINHO: 13/07/112
13 goals/07assists/one goal contribution each ((112 MINUTES)
2 - PEDRO 09/09/119
3 - KDB 06/18/120
4 - DELE ALLI 18/07/121(126 without pk)
5 - ERICKSEN 08/15/137
6 - HAZARD 16/05/143(158 without penalties)
7 - OZIL 08/09/167
8 - J. MATA 06/03/180
9 - ZAHA 07/09/189
10 - STERLING 07/06/193
11 - SANE 05/03/223
12 - D. SILVA 04/07/251
13 - MKHITAR. 04/01/270
14 - POGBA 05/04/290
15 - MAHREZ 06/03/315(472 wp)
*Alexis Sanches had one goal contribution each 100 minutes(without pk), one each 94 minutes with penalties.
But i'm not couting Center Fowards, of course.
In fact, even couting the CFs, without penalties, Coutinho still top 5.
Now, what's a wc player?
A wc players will SCORE WC GOALS on a regular basis.
Suggestion: go to youtube, watch the season goals of the other guys and compare with Coutinho...very few players in the world will score such a percentage of worldies.
I'm not even considering the performance of the players in that list in their respect NT, because Coutinho is FAR BETTER.
Only Neymar and Alexis Sanchez are playing better than Coutinho at nt level in the last 12 months.
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