PSG attacker Lionel Messi ranks simply behind Manchester Metropolis famous person in key playmaking stat

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) famous person Lionel Messi is barely behind Manchester Metropolis’s Kevin De Bruyne with respect to large possibilities created in league play this season.

In line with WhoScored, De Bruyne has created 24 large possibilities within the Premier League this time period in 25 appearances. Messi, in the meantime, has created 22 large possibilities in 22 Ligue 1 matches.

Each gamers lead their respective leagues’ help charts. De Bruyne has laid out 12 assists, whereas Messi has assisted 13 occasions. The PSG attacker is averaging 2.7 key passes per sport within the league, whereas the Manchester Metropolis man is forward at 3.2 key passes per sport.

Lionel Messi is, nevertheless, away from Kevin De Bruyne by a ways within the goalscoring charts. La Pulga has scored 13 occasions in Ligue 1 this time period, whereas the Belgian has solely discovered the again of the web 4 occasions within the league.

It is value noting that Messi is the one non-Premier League participant on the aforementioned listing launched by WhoScored. De Bruyne and the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner are adopted by Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, Newcastle United’s Kieran Trippier and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.

PSG’s Lionel Messi and Manchester Metropolis’s Kevin De Bruyne endured contrasting nights within the UEFA Champions League this month

Lionel Messi‘s PSG and Kevin De Bruyne‘s Manchester Metropolis are seen as two of the favorites to win the UEFA Champions League each season. The 2 gamers are undeniably key to their sides’ hopes of lifting the well-known trophy for the primary time ever.

Whereas Messi could not encourage PSG to a win of their Champions League Spherical of 16 tie towards Bayern Munich, De Bruyne starred as Metropolis dismantled Leipzig.

La Pulga and the Parisians traveled to Germany for the second leg of the competition final week, needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit. He recorded three key passes, however received only one shot on the right track, accomplished solely two of his six dribble makes an attempt and misplaced the ball 19 occasions as his facet fell to a 2-0 defeat.

It meant PSG exited the Champions League within the Spherical of 16 stage for the fifth time in seven years and the second successive time since signing Lionel Messi.

Manchester Metropolis, in the meantime, performed the second leg of their Spherical of 16 tie on Tuesday (March 14), with the scores stage at 1-1 after the primary leg in Germany. Erling Haaland starred with 5 objectives as Metropolis gained 7-0, however De Bruyne ran the present from midfield.

Other than his unbelievable strike in second-half stoppage time, the Belgian laid out 4 key passes, together with two large possibilities created. He accomplished two of his 4 dribble makes an attempt, hit the woodwork as soon as (with Haaland scoring the rebound) and gained 4 of his seven duels.