Stats don't lie, Kelechi Iheanacho for Manchester City:
- 18 starts
- 13 goals
- 5 assists.
Manchester City's Season so far has not been as awesome as it should be given the kind of Squad that they have, whilst also possesing arguably the best Manager in the world, Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City are in the top 4 in the Premier league, out of the EFL Cup, through to round of 16 in the UEFA champions League, and in contention for the FA cup, but I ask, is that as good as it should be? NO
The citizens failed to make it to the Quarter Final of the EFL Cup, they finished as runners up to Barcelona in the Champions league Group stage with just 9 points, while The Spanish Champions had 15 points, and the Citizens are currently third in the Premier league, losing To Chelsea at the Etihad by 3 goals to 1, definately, something is missing, or should I say SOMEONE IS MISSING.
So far, Pep Guardiola at Manchester city prefers to play one in the attack and the first choice striker has been Kun Sergio Aguero, a world class striker no doubt, a lethal finisher he is, but he does not have it all, he is injury prone and while trying to be fit In this 2016/2017 season, Kun has shown his other side, Getting straight red cards and missing key matches.
The basic duty of a striker is to put the ball in the back of the net, but as the whole world saw over the weekend against Chelsea, Aguero can't hide his dark side, the aftermath of his hard tackle on David Luiz was a straight red card and a 4 match ban due to the fact that he has now collected 2 red cards and some pundits argue that the ban should have been lengthier.
In the Premier league, December would always be a tough month for any club as there is no break, where is your star player when you need him?
KELECHI TO THE RESCUE.
Squad depth is crucial here, Manchester city have got Nigerian teenage sensation KELECHI IHEANACHO who is a clinical finisher and a striker you can term a fox in the box. Kelechi took his chances during the first spell of Aguero's ban, scoring one and assisting one in the Manchester Derby and his finishing instinct is second to none.
PLAY THEM TOGETHER.
The best teams in the world right now play more than one in the attack, look at Barcelona for Example, they play three in the attack: Messi Suarez and Neymar, this has not only brought goals aplenty, it has brought trophies too.
Nothing stops Pep from playing KELECHI and Aguero together as their style of play can complement each other, one is left footed, the other is right footed, not forgetting that KELECHI started out as a playmaker, he has the ability to feed the pass to another striker, this suits Aguero perfectly.
Manchester City would be a force to reckon with in Europe if Pep "frees" the attack as the KELECHI/Aguero partnership promises goals and assists aplenty and it looks like a huge potential.
Fernadinho, Gundogan and Fernando can provide the right cover in the middle of the park while De Bruyne, Aguero and IHEANCHO can lead the attack for Manchester city, and with other players like Sterling and Jesus Navas, Pep can certainly being more out of this Manchester city squad.
As the stats above suggest, 13 goals in 18 starts, KELECHI does the job when he starts matches, so this kid does not only need to play, he needs to start more frequently, he took his chance on matchday 6 of the UEFA Champions league levelling matters for Manchester City Against Celtic with a great finish, a goal players like Van Persia, Di Maria and Lionel Messi would be proud of.
OVER TO YOU PEP!
AS WRITTEN BY:
ADEKANYE OPEOLUWA SAMUEL
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