Good point.
It amazes me how people can't see the fact that Barcelona are simply not capable of producing any chances.
They can't even get a decent cross in.
This system is not working.
Blaming this on Lewandowski is hilarious. His conversion rate this season is only a few percentage points behind Haalands.
Haaland can afford to waste situations because City create him a multitude chances in every match. He has 1.13 goals/90! For the average football fan this is a key statistic. Of course this is a misleading statistic cuz it doesn't depend only on the quality of the player, but just as much on the class of the team he plays for.
Robert Lewandowski, Barca, 14 games (league+CL), 8 goals/8.5 xG (eff 94%), 0.15 xAG/90 (expected assists/match), scored 24% of team goals this season
Erling Haaland, City, 16, 17/17.5 (97%), 0.23, 38%
Harry Kane, Bayern, 16, 22/15.1 (146%), 0.32, 41%
Romelu Lukaku, Roma, 14, 9/5.5 (164%), 0.05, 41%
Vitor Roque, Athletico Paranaense, 30, 15/10.5 (143%), 0.07, ?
I agree that Haaland has a bad time. Mostly he has as an efficiency 120%+. Nevertheless, if I had the choice (Lewa vs Haaland) I would choose a Norwegian (joke).
Vitor Roque has stats very similar to Lukaku. He is effective but he has only 0.07 xGA/90 which means he won't create chances for himself. However, he is a very young player who can develop.