Karim Benzema

Clzema. Where the haters at?

Great game from him. Poaching goals ffs

Easy, smooth and efficient. Should have had an assist or two to go with his 2 goals.

Just goes to show you how goals 2 and 3 can be very important in games.

not his overall best game kinda casual with couple passes otherwise great game, that header

main man benz

CLzema strikes againt

Has scored 40 goals in 67 CL appearances now. Only behind Ronaldo (70), Messi (69) and Ibra (41) in CL scorers that are actively playing. 14th all time. His 0.6 ratio is 14th as well all time.

you forgot drogba .
he has 43 and just scored yesterday

Forgot that Drogba is still "active" He'll pass both Ibra and Drogba this season anyhow.

chad4401 wrote:not his overall best game kinda casual with couple passes otherwise great game, that header

indeed a couple of his passes were a little off on the counter but he made more great passes than bad ones today imo and yeah that header was perfect big game Benz.

RealGunner wrote:Big game player.

Is Liverpool a big team ?

Best striker in the world at the moment, only second to Ibra overall

The crazy stats of Karim this season

12 games (11 starts, 1 sub)
7 goals
5 assists
20 total shots
11 shots on target
913 minutes
1,7 key passes per game
81,7% passing efficiency

So his efficiency on his shots is 35% (insane)
His efficiency on his shots on target is 64% (outrageous)
goal or assist every 76 mins (great)

Now, he can't keep these stats up because he gets few touches per game (around 25 on average) and only 2,3 shots per game. Unless these go up, his productivity will drop. The elite strikers typically have 20-25% efficiency on their shots and i expect that's where Benz will end up.

HOWEVER, if Carl plays him in this quasi 10 role, i think his touches go up and his assist/key pass/passing stats go way up.

is it a coincidence when that scrub bale stopped playing benzema got more touches and more chances??? I don't think so.

Madrid did actually look like a competent possession team for once. The ball was shared well between everyone and was used efficiently.

LeSwagg James wrote:Best striker in the world at the moment, only second to Ibra overall

He's better than Lewandowski... and by quite a bit tbh.  He scores more, assists more, is more efficient AND he manages to do it while being primarily a playmaker as opposed to a scorer (CR7 and Bale are the primaries).

Benzema is not better than Lewandowski. Also what is this scores and assists more?

Last year Lewy had 26 goals and 8 assists in 42 games (CL and League) and Benz had 22 goals and 14 assists in 46 games (CL and League).

The year before Lewy had 34 goals and 7 assists in 44 games (CL and League) and Benz had 16 goals and 15 assists in 40 games (CL and League).

Or alternatively you could go by transfermarkt:

Last year:

Lewandowski had 28 goals and 15 assists in 48 games.
Benzema had 24 goals and 16 assists in 52 games.

The year before:

Lewandowski had 36 goals and 13 assists in 49 games.
Benzema had 21 goals and 21 assists in 50 games.

sportsczy wrote:He's better than Lewandowski... and by quite a bit tbh.  He scores more, assists more, is more efficient AND he manages to do it while being primarily a playmaker as opposed to a scorer (CR7 and Bale are the primaries).

I'd be very curious to see someone disagree with that.

El Cujo wrote:Benzema is not better than Lewandowski. Also what is this scores and assists more?

Last year Lewy had 26 goals and 8 assists in 42 games (CL and League) and Benz had 22 goals and 14 assists in 46 games (CL and League).

The year before Lewy had 34 goals and 7 assists in 44 games (CL and League) and Benz had 16 goals and 15 assists in 40 games (CL and League).

. You can't only look at the stats. Both are great but Benzema is better imo.

I was referring to his comment about Benzema scoring and assisting more (which he doesn't).

Anyway, Benzema is a good supplementary player but Lewandowski is the type of player that can lead a team. Maybe skillwise they are close, but I would prefer to have a Lewy over a Benzema every time.

lewy performance > benz imo

but almost all top team got 2 or 3 lewy type of players, not all of them got a benzema.


i know how haters will use my words to make fun of him, dont care, u know what i meant.

El Cujo wrote:I was referring to his comment about Benzema scoring and assisting more (which he doesn't).

Anyway, Benzema is a good supplementary player but Lewandowski is the type of player that can lead a team.

How do you know Benzema can't? I'd argue like every striker who played with Ronaldo or Messi he would look a lot better when he's the main man.

Actually no, I know he would look a lot better if he was the main man.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

El Cujo wrote:I was referring to his comment about Benzema scoring and assisting more (which he doesn't).

Anyway, Benzema is a good supplementary player but Lewandowski is the type of player that can lead a team.

How do you know Benzema can't?  I'd argue like every striker who played with Ronaldo or Messi he would look a lot better when he's the main man.

Actually no, I know he would look a lot better if he was the main man.

It's a two-edged matter. He could look better because he would see a lot more of the ball, but at the same time he could be worse because Ronaldo gives him so much space by dragging defenders.

imo, Karim can't be the focal point of the team because of his mentality. he doesn't strike me as the guy who could take all the pressure on his shoulders.