Graeme Souness has written in The Times that Liverpool midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho and Leeds United star Kalvin Phillips should score more goals.
Henderson is a key figure in the Liverpool midfield and is a leader in the middle of the park.
Fabinho has been deployed in central defence this season in the absence of the injured Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, but the Brazil international is a defensive midfielder by trade.
Phillips is arguably the best midfielder in the current Leeds team and is one of the better defensive midfielders in the Premier League, and established himself as a regular member of the England squad.
Liverpool legend Souness, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes that Henderson, Fabinho and Phillips all should score more goals.
Souness wrote in The Times: “If I have one criticism of modern midfielders, it’s that they should score more. The pitches now are perfect for striking the ball from 20-25 yards.
“Kalvin Phillips of Leeds, who I like a lot, is a lovely striker of the ball, so are Jordan Henderson and Fabinho at Liverpool. They should be scoring more goals.”
Stats
According to WhoScored, Phillips has not scored in nine Premier League matches for Leeds so far this season, but he did score two goals in 37 Championship games in 2019-20 and found the back of the net once in 44 league matches in 2018-19.
According to WhoScored, Henderson has not scored in the Premier League or the Champions League so far this season, but the England international did score four goals in the league in 2019-20.
Fabinho has not scored in the Premier League or the Champions League this campaign, but he found the back of the net twice in the league in 2019-20, according to WhoScored.
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