{"id":1129864,"date":"2020-02-11T15:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1129864"},"modified":"2020-02-11T15:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:27:24","slug":"liverpool-front-three-best-season-salah-firmino-mane","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/liverpool-front-three-best-season-salah-firmino-mane\/","title":{"rendered":"Salah, Mane or Firmino \u2013 which Liverpool forward is having the best season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-7zvo3p3svt72ow1zab37lpfdgr2kacdp\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> are going to win the 2019\/20 <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-xkuipxd07jfr345t18nskoxjxdt8qq8u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> title.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-myy0h8zt3jxdoxvgo6gyqtv0j3lthsmc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span> are currently 22 points clear of second-placed <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-t3riecld1ayac2cbpczzbtl3rvpo6cc6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Manchester City<\/span>, having won a frankly preposterous 24 out of 25 games. <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-q3og7l1vaeeo6zwelanmehsyazjax271\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool&#8217;s<\/span> defensive record is phenomenal, having conceded just 15 goals all season. By a distance, that&#8217;s the lowest figure in the league. Their title charge has been built off this defensive solidity, which has taken some attention away from their attacking trio.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Firmino, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4y3qlaq79aluki4a3fqi3ssl0os93o09\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Mohamed Salah<\/span> and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-tapine41oioz3x73oyx32fndse8rhha5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sadio_mane\">Sadio Man\u00e9<\/span> are the sensational three strikers who are so crucial to the way <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4xdoz9gtxoagwc4md6kfev5nl09usetf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> play. In 2017\/18, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-eaegcushvyig8hak98i4d09vmw7vv7eb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> was the dominant force and in 2018\/19, Man\u00e9 took centre-stage with a series of key goals.<\/p>\n<p>But which of the trio is having the best 2019\/20 in both the\u00a0<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-3tqt5trplnptwxtil44bcm8ndz5jr58u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> and Champions League? There&#8217;s an argument to be made for each one, so we&#8217;ve delved into the statistics to try and settle the debate, according to the numbers. Read on to see what they say:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7494632\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The basics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Firmino has played a total of 2,498 minutes over 31 games in the Champions League and Premier League. Salah has played 2,425 minutes across 28 matches and\u00a0Man\u00e9 has completed 2,248 minutes in 28 matches. So they&#8217;ve all featured for about the same amount of time, reducing the need for a per-90 metric to make the comparison &#8220;fair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Goalscoring<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The bread and butter of any striker is obviously attack, so who comes out on top? Well,\u00a0<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-gx5vy11rmj8vjg4g1qv6ep4litoz73wc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> has 18 goals to Man\u00e9&#8217;s 13 and Firmino&#8217;s tally of eight. It&#8217;s not a surprise that the Egyptian dominates given that he takes more shots (112 to Firmino&#8217;s 86 and Man\u00e9&#8217;s 66) and has way more touches in the opponent&#8217;s box, with 267 compared to 186 for Firmino and 170 for Man\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>What emerges here is how efficient and team-focused Man\u00e9 is. The Senegalese even has an impressive shot conversion rate of 20%, higher than <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-eb6tzvoyt7s520i4v3itn8ct14bp8ktk\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span>&#8216;s 16% and Firmino&#8217;s lowly 9%. This efficiency comes despite Man\u00e9 missing a huge 18 big chances, more than Firmino&#8217;s 15 and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-5z96pit91z3uebmxp18oosshkdxyjraq\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span>&#8216;s 14.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-w11fmb675hzc7kl8sapx8ed3w65541vk\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> can seem scattergun at times, but he&#8217;s scored 16 of his big chances (Man\u00e9 has scored eight and Firmino just five). So when you give <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-w0nhd397dqxygrlr4bllh8s3tanhwsk3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> a big chance, it&#8217;s more likely that he&#8217;s going to bury it, whereas Firmino and Man\u00e9 will probably somehow miss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-nboj2i6fngviwy18b8u2s2jrbzugdlir\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Mohamed Salah<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1129978 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11122629\/mohamed-salah-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Salah\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11122629\/mohamed-salah.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11122629\/mohamed-salah-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11122629\/mohamed-salah-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11122629\/mohamed-salah-66x45.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dribbling<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool have a wonderful harmony amongst their front three, a balance where they can all play on or off the ball in more or less equal measure. So the fact that their dribbling numbers are very similar should not be a shock. Man\u00e9 has attempted 86 dribbles, while Firmino and Salah&#8217;s tallies stand at 85 and 81 respectively. Firmino and Man\u00e9 have both completed 54, whilst <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-yptqiczoech83oeq66uwqf2q65vdkam2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> lags behind on 49.<\/p>\n<p>So by a hair (well, one failed take-on) Firmino has the most efficient dribbling. However, it should be noted that Man\u00e9 has won twice as many fouls (35) as both Firmino (13) and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-9vs35045nmetayzs7mymmikh3v28q0fb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> (16). The Senegalese obviously does his dribbling in more dangerous areas, drawing contact from desperate defenders as they dive in to try and cover for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-8nkzt9vj4of90iexxs7e1r219561qchj\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sadio_mane\">Sadio Man\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takumi Minamino: How Japanese fans support Liverpool&#039;s new signing | \u5357\u91ce \u62d3\u5b9f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qsprIbhfVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Passing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s team is built for their full-backs to do the majority of the dangerous passing, but this doesn&#8217;t mean that the front three do nothing. In fact with <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pckoqc9d24cpjotjqokv2ofbi8mz34oe\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/trent_alexander-arnold\">Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/span> and Andrew Robertson doing so much work out wide for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vlsnldqc6qpocsinp0bnptcd99gruxyj\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> it means the forwards can focus on only getting involved when needed.<\/p>\n<p>Firmino dominates this category. The Brazilian has completed 818\/1035 passes whilst <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-9tec3hsbhxqkg05pi0gydp7malbjj1tw\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sadio_mane\">Man\u00e9<\/span> has 743\/906 and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-cn5rpwnkqoedcw76bg60ae6gcogwb50n\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> 618\/805. Firmino has also taken the most touches (1,500), played the most forward passes (237), the most passes into the final third (88) and registered the most assists (10).<\/p>\n<p>Whilst <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-a5mkak0ni8itf0kp1qfggzaa9wsh9qw3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sadio_mane\">Man\u00e9<\/span> has created more chances (52 to <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-08gv1zwhb6lw3alrdlsnuw84j4r3ik1a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span>&#8216;s 50 and Firmino&#8217;s 48) and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-gmh6v20jcscdawemmsdmirdowe9pz9db\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span> has the most big chances created (13 compared to Firmino&#8217;s 12 and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-uititwd6kukjx01s0yx0ec84shbm5igi\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sadio_mane\">Man\u00e9<\/span>&#8216;s nine), Firmino is close to the top in both metrics and has also lost the ball less frequently (376 to <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-qjjvpb81zxi51533y5vghrohd6k10aus\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sadio_mane\">Man\u00e9<\/span>&#8216;s 380 and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-h0ld8iqvvao0qjkypnao0bcq2ox2f2bv\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mohamed_salah\">Salah<\/span>&#8216;s 397) than his team-mates. It&#8217;s clear that Firmino is the key passer of the front three, with his role as a false nine knitting the entire attack together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: Roberto Firmino<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1128983\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/uefa-champions-league-five-things-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1128983\" class=\"wp-image-1128983 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Uefa Champions League knockout stages 2019\/20: Five things to know\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/04191710\/champions-league-2019-20-knockout-stages-five-things-to-know.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1128983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/uefa-champions-league-five-things-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uefa Champions League knockout stages 2019\/20: Five things to know<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Defending<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Defending is often the last thing that forwards think about, well, normally anyway. In Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side the forwards know they are the first line of defence and have to lead the side in their pressing from the front. Here Firmino is usually the instigator, although Man\u00e9 has more tackles than the Brazilian (43 to 36) but it&#8217;s notable that in terms of tackles won \u2013 which counts tackles where the tackler retains possession \u2013 Man\u00e9 is ahead by just one (26 to 25).<\/p>\n<p>This is likely to be because Firmino does more of his tackling pushing up whilst some of Man\u00e9&#8217;s will be chasing a full-back into defence. Salah, for what it&#8217;s worth, is way behind with 13 total tackles and five won.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1129980 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11123121\/roberto-firmino-liverpool-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Firmino\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11123121\/roberto-firmino-liverpool.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11123121\/roberto-firmino-liverpool-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11123121\/roberto-firmino-liverpool-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/11123121\/roberto-firmino-liverpool-66x49.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Firmino has recovered the ball 111 times, which is more than Man\u00e9 (107) and considerably more than Salah (67). The Brazilian has also won possession the most times in the attacking third (24 times) and middle third (61), acting out his role as the chief instigator of Liverpool&#8217;s press by being their most effective defensive attacker.<\/p>\n<p>To round it all off: Man\u00e9 has more interceptions (12) than Salah (seven) and Firmino (four), but Firmino has blocked more shots (three) and made more clearances (11) than his two strike partners as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: Roberto Firmino<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>So, which of the Liverpool forwards is having the best season? The answer is, perhaps frustratingly, all of them.\u00a0Salah is excelling with scoring goals and being a threat in the final third, Firmino is the best passer and leading the way defensively, while Man\u00e9 is the best dribbler but also scores highly in the other categories too as he has the most balanced role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this means Man\u00e9 is having the best season as cumulatively he is registering the most impact, but the main reason Liverpool have been so unrelentingly brilliant all season is precisely because they have shared the burden of performance out amongst the entire team.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is performing superbly so one player does not have to be superhuman, and nowhere is this better expressed than in the Reds&#8217; fabulous front three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are going to win the 2019\/20 Premier League title. The Reds are currently 22 points clear of second-placed Manchester City, having won a frankly preposterous 24 out of 25 games. Liverpool&#8217;s defensive record is phenomenal, having conceded just 15 goals all season. By a distance, that&#8217;s the lowest figure in the league. 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