Robert Lewandowski is not exactly struggling for goals, but his output has dipped below his own high benchmarks. Why is that?
In the build-up to last weekend’s Clasico, was training hard in a race against time to return from injury. The 35-year-old striker had suffered a sprained ankle in ’s victory at Porto on October 4. According to sources close to the player, who like all those cited here preferred to speak anonymously to protect their position, he had “the option of taking a pain-killing injection all week” but preferred not to do so — even though he was desperate to face .
That is a very decent rate for any striker, but it’s far from the excellence we have come to expect from Lewandowski. And beyond his goalscoring, Lewandowski has also faced some criticism over his involvement in link-up play. Barca’s game against Cadiz, in the second La Liga fixture of the season, brought this into focus even back in August. As illustrated in the graphic above, the average starting location of Lewandowski’s passes was practically next to .
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