He's got 7 in 12 PL games, at this pace he'll score 20+ goals which is good output for any striker. People got too carried away with his stats in Ligue 1, it was always a long shot to think he was going to replicate those numbers or come even close given it's a new league, new team and a new manager.
Our major problem is lack of goal threat outside him, we don't even try to play through the middle. Ball inevitably goes out wide, player will aim for Ibra at far post. Ball gets cleared by the defender, rinse and repeat.
Our goal scoring column shows some horrid stats, after Ibra our next top 2 goal scorers are Mata and Rashford with 3 each, Pogba with 2 and 1 from Rooney, Martial and Smalling each. That is total of 18 goals in 14 PL games, compare that number with Chelsea who have Costa on 10 PL goals, but further 17 goals from their midfielders. Similar numbers at City with Aguero on 10 goals and midfield has further 15 goals. Same applies for Arsenal and Liverpool too.
There are bigger problems in our side than Ibra's conversion rate which albeit is low for a striker of his quality but ultimately other needs to step up. Martial and Lingard who have got majority of the minutes out wide have contributed to solitary 1 goal in PL coming from Martial vs Stoke. Rashford who has been playing regularly since scoring the winner at Hull has 2 in 10. Likes of Herrera, Lingard, Young, Mkhi, Fellaini, Depay are yet to open their account while few have played very little minutes they haven't been able to make any sort of impression. Our attacking play in final third is extremely predictable and poor, it relies on Ibra being a header merchant which has always been his weakest point despite his height. Until we try different things than just put it out wide and cross our struggles in front of goal will continue.
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