Isn’t this down to simply having a front 4 who can score from every angle and are extremely clinical? Sometimes these stats doesn’t actually reveal anything.
Son is the perfect example
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...ham/son-heung-min-xg-harry-kane-b1782968.html
Greenwood is above XG as well
https://understat.com/player/7490
It looks as if the cut in and score from tighter angles bluffs xg a bit and doesn’t tell the full story?
Salah over performs as well
https://understat.com/player/1250
It’s hard for me to to find a top wide player who dives under xg. Even Rashford is wasteful and he is more or less bang on with his.
Then add in the fact we have scored the majority of our goals from players who dont play centrally or come from deep then technically we score a lot of goals from sub optimal situations?
My theory is it’s down to Bruno. He is a unique player in the AM position with his goal rate and that adds an extra finisher to the front line that other sides dont have so it’s less chances we have to create so we can score.
I expect that to change with a killer like Ronaldo in the middle though.