Premier League's Creative Forces: Kulusevski, Palmer, and Enzo Lead in Chances Created Despite Zero Assists
In the Premier League, the number of assists is often an important indicator of a player's creativity, but sometimes the assist data cannot fully reflect the player's contribution on the offensive end. This season, some players, although they have zero assists on the assist list, still created a lot of scoring opportunities in the game, among which Kulusevski (Tottenham), Palmer (Chelsea) and Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) are particularly typical.
Opportunity creator, but failed to convert into assists
1. Kulusevski (Tottenham) Kulusevski has always been an important creator on the offensive end of Tottenham. His breakthroughs and crosses on the wing have created countless good opportunities for his teammates. However, due to the poor finishing ability or bad luck of Tottenham's strikers, Kulu's assist number is still zero. But from the perspective of creating opportunities, he is still an indispensable part of the team's offense.
2. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) Palmer quickly adapted after joining Chelsea and became an important member of the team's offense. His vision, passing ability and dribbling are all very threatening, but Chelsea's forward state this season is unstable, resulting in many of Palmer's key passes failing to convert into assists. His performance shows his future potential, but the lack of assist data cannot cover up his creativity.
3. Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) As the core of Chelsea's midfield, Enzo excels in organization and dispatch, and can continuously deliver threatening balls to the strikers. However, due to the lack of finishing ability of his teammates, his assists have not yet been opened. Despite this, Enzo's influence in the game is still huge, and his accurate long passes and through balls make Chelsea's offense smoother.
Assists cannot determine a player's creativity
Assists are only a surface data to measure a player's creativity. It is affected by many factors such as teammates' shooting ability, tactical arrangements and game environment. A player's ability to create opportunities frequently is enough to illustrate his technical ability and tactical value. Therefore, although Kulusevski, Palmer and Enzo have not yet opened on the assist list, their contributions on the offensive end cannot be ignored.
As the season progresses, the assists of these players may increase as their teammates recover. For fans, they should pay more attention to the overall performance of the players, not just the simple assists statistics.
