drippin
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Country: Finland
Yes, I am going to omit the Bundesliga because even Reiss Nelson looked good in that league.
PEA and Lewa played for 2 of the best teams in the Bundesliga and I don't ever recall PEA being consistently ahead of Lewandonski who played for a better team in a league his team dominated.
PEA was top scorer once, every other season it was Lewa and Bayern.
Same way you'd disregard Girouds record at Montpellier or Lacazettes record at Lyon when comparing him to an Arsenal player.
Look, in the PL. RVP has broken 25+ goals in the PL at his peak. His injury record is a lot to blame for the fact that he did not do this consistently. He was a lot more clinical at his best than PEA ever was in the Bundesliga. That's among the reasons RVP is a more complete striker.
Also, the reason PEA works a lot better on the left is because as an out and out striker for us, he is not clinical enough nor does he offer the same skillset a complete striker would.
Bottom line, PEA got a lot of goals in the Bundesliga but pales in comparison to RVP finishing ability. Its not even close.
Reiss Nelson playing like 600 minutes in Bundesliga and having a purple patch cannot be used in this way to disregard the top 2/3 league in the world. He mostly was against tired defenders anyway.
Bayern has been easily the best team in Bundesliga for a long time. In such a team it is easier to score.
Arsenal hasn't been in the top 4 in Auba's time here. At RVP's time there was United, Arsenal & Chelsea mostly who were the best.
EPL was not this competitive in RVP's time as it is now. It was more like Bundesliga at those times, having less top teams.