The most influential attacking player in Premier League history is a defensive midielder

It turns out that the best offence is actually a good defence.

If you were to run through a list of who you may think would be the most influential attacking players in Premier League history, it would probably include names like Henry, Cantona, Suarez, Bosko Balaban, you know, all the big hitters. However, none of these world class sharpshooters could hold a candle to a certain current Premier League defensive midfielder, in terms of influencing the attack. OptaJoe have rather kindly crunched all the numbers, and come up with an astounding stat which shows that Man City's holding midfielder Fernandinho may be the greatest attacking catalyst the Premier League has ever seen. https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/649927436587634688 Mental.

Ireland legend has to calm himself during Arsenal argument with fellow pundit

They were not on the same page….. Kenny Cunningham and Shay Given once again proved themselves as hugely entertaining football pundits, after last night’s Champions League semi-final between Arsenal and Atletico Madrid. Following Tuesday’s 5-4 thriller between PSG and Bayern Munich, Cunningham had caused a stir by playing down the quality of the game. And, […]

Football

19h

The most influential attacking player in Premier League history is a defensive midielder

Home›sport

It turns out that the best offence is actually a good defence.

It turns out that the best offence is actually a good defence.

Home sport