Comparing Liverpool’s front three with the best attacks in Europe in 2019-20

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Planet Football
26th July 2020

Liverpool‘s front three of Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino have enjoyed another brilliant season – but how do they compare to the best attacks in Europe?

After winning the Champions League last season, the forwards have helped the Reds end their 30-year wait for a top-flight title in 2019-20.

Using stats from Whoscored – using league stats only – we’ve compared the trio to some of the best front threes across Europe this season.

Sadio Mane, Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino

Goals: 45 (Joint 3rd)
Assists: 24 (2nd)
Chances created: 169 (1st)
Shots: 304 (2nd)
Tackles: 95 (1st)
Interceptions: 28 (3rd)

Salah 🤝 Mane 🤝 Firmino

Five minutes of @LFC tearing up the Premier League 🔥pic.twitter.com/Ok7ErDmM9T

— Goal (@goal) June 14, 2020

Serge Gnabry, Robert Lewandowski, Kingsley Coman

Goals: 50 (Joint 1st)
Assists: 17 (3rd)
Chances created: 123 (4th)
Shots: 270 (4th)
Tackles: 73 (2nd)
Interceptions: 27 (4th)

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann

Goals: 50 (Joint 1st)
Assists: 33 (1st)
Chances created: 148 (2nd)
Shots: 293 (3rd)
Tackles: 58 (4th)
Interceptions: 20 (Joint 5th)

⚽️ 2̷5̷ ̷G̷O̷A̷L̷S̷
🎨 25 MASTERPIECES

💙 Leo Messi ❤️#LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/m53A1Jq0tF

— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) July 23, 2020

Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Mason Greenwood

Goals: 44 (5th)
Assists: 14 (4th)
Chances created: 75 (7th)
Shots: 210 (6th)
Tackles: 44 (5th)
Interceptions: 20 (Joint 5th)

Neymar, Mauro Icardi, Kylian Mbappe

Goals: 43 (6th)
Assists: 13 (Joint 5th)
Chances created: 90 (6th)
Shots: 194 (7th)
Tackles: 23 (7th)
Interceptions: 9 (7th)

2019-20 Ligue 1 top scorers ⚽️

1️⃣ Kylian Mbappe | 18 goals
2️⃣ Wissam Ben Yedder | 18 goals
3️⃣ Moussa Dembele | 16 goals
4️⃣ Neymar | 13 goals
5️⃣ Victor Osimhen | 13 goals pic.twitter.com/fKa6BpF02E

— Goal (@goal) April 28, 2020