I thought he'd gotten a toe on it but it was hard to tell.Yeah on Sky when they showed the assist leaders he was first on 5. Salah second on 2.
I wouldn't say the most pointless but I would say they can be very misleading.Firm believer that assist are the most pointless stats in football and no once cared about them until fairly recently.
The assist stat shows who is actually reading the game well and putting themselves in the right position to set up a teammate. I think the assists stat is incredibly important for measuring a player's contributions.
Not sure if the official assist stats recognise some of the assists awarded in fantasy football for example if you are fouled to win a free kick or penalty that the team scores from you get an assist. Got a feeling Opta don't count these sort of assists in their figures.
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