Erling Haaland is below one Liverpool player in a key stat / Collage .
Erling Haaland is running away from the competition in the race for the Premier League Golden Boot.
The Man City striker has already found the net 17 times this campaign, while his closest challenger, Brentford’s Igor Thiago, has 11 goals.
Haaland scores over a goal per game — more precisely, 1.11 goals per 90 minutes on the pitch. He is up there in that regard, but not at the very top.
Liverpool’s Federico Chiesa has played just 150 minutes in the Premier League this season. Despite that, he has already scored twice, resulting in a ratio of 1.2 goals per 90 minutes, the best in the league.
Encouragingly for Liverpool, Hugo Ekitike also features in the top 10 for this stat, and he has played a lot more regularly.
As for Chiesa, he might have a better chance for more minutes on the pitch after Mohamed Salah departed for AFCON.
Still, the question is worth asking: why is he yet to start a single Premier League game this season?
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