Antonio claims he’d rating as many objectives as Kane if he performed for Man City
Antonio made the formidable assertion throughout a current look on the Filthy Fellas podcast. Host Tego Sigel boldly said that he would again Antonio to return 30 objectives a season for Pep Guardiola‘s facet.
To which, Antonio responded: “100%. It’s facts! Think about it like this. Think about all the chances that get created.”
This is regardless of Antonio solely managing to return 5 objectives from 33 league appearances this season. However, he does have a degree about City’s probabilities.
The Sky Blues have created 103 “big chances” within the league whereas West Ham have solely produced 42. It would possibly come as a shock to many who regardless of their attacking prowess, City are literally on equal pegging to Liverpool with regards to probabilities created whereas Manchester United path them each by 19 in third place.
City frontman Haaland broke the Premier League file for the best variety of objectives scored by a participant in a single season with 36 throughout the 2022/2023 marketing campaign. Alan Shearer and Andy Cole’s 34 objectives stood because the joint file for over a decade however the Norwegian purpose machine smashed previous their tally in simply his first season with the Citizens.
Some have tried to write down off Haaland’s achievements by suggesting that his numbers say extra concerning the service he receives than his precise goal-scoring abilities however statistics say in any other case. Haaland has a purpose conversion charge of 34% which locations him increased than another participant who has scored 10 objectives or extra within the Premier League this season.
By comparability, Kane has a conversion charge of 30%, Ivan Toney 26%, Mohamed Salah 20%, Callum Wilson 29% and Antonio 23%.