Pablo ZZZ Peroni
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Disgraceful decision. Henderson is ranked 33rd best player in the league this season based on stats according to whoscored.com, which is far from the worst guide to performances over the season. No prizes for guessing that the player who has been the best midfield player in the world this season tops the performance chart for the league. However he's not an English midfielder playing for the Scousers: he's a Belgian playing for City.
I've looked at this as I always do. Top 5 players in Europe (ie the world) based on the whoscored algorithm:
Messi
Mbappe
Lewandowski
KDB
Ronaldo
Highest ranking Liverpool player is Mane - 5th in the English list and 25th in the Europe list.
Such a shame no Ballon D'or this season as KDb would be a shoe-in for top 5.
I've looked back at KDB's stats since 14/15 over a range of basic metrics and across the board this is by a distance his best season.
Also been playing with some statsbomb numbers for a raft of different metrics. Some have blown my mind for his all round game. He is not just the best midfielder in the world, he is the best midfielder in the world by a huge distance. I hope to get them into a presentable format to put up here.
I don't agree but can understand the argument for Suarez v Yaya in 2014, Salah v KDB in 2018 and VVD v Sterling/Bernardo in 2019.
However, Henderson over KDB is simply a f***ing joke.