Berbatov is widely regarded as one of the sensations of last season, one of the best strikers in the league but is this really the case? After examining the stats of his season I am not so sure.
Firstly he scored 12 and 8 assists in 33 premiership appearances. A comparison to make here is to Van Persie who got both 1 goal and 1 assist less. Van Persie broke his foot in January and played no part in the second half of the season.
His goals scoring record in the Uefa cup is impressive but hardly the highest level of competition. Goals against the likes of Braga(2), Club Bruge(2), Dinamo bucharest etc
Against the bigger teams his goal scoring record is distinctly unimpressive. 4 games against Chelsea and 1 goal, 2 against Arsenal and 0 goals, 2 against Sevilla and 0 goals and also played against Man U and Liverpool and failed to find the net.
In fact in the league he only scored one single goal against a Top half team, Everton.
Out of his 12 League goals 4 of them were against relegated teams and a further 3 were against the teams that survived relegation on the final day. The 4 goals that is left unaccounted for were against the mighty Man City, Newcastle and Middlesbrough.
So is Berbatov really the 30M Man everyone is touting him as? I say no.
(Chelsea fan)
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