It hasn’t been the season many were expecting at Benfica.
After letting the Portuguese title slip through their fingers last season, Aguias re-appointed a fan-favourite manager in the summer, with Jorge Jesus returning to his native Portugal after an incredibly successful season at Flamengo that saw them win the Copa Libertadores and Brazil's Serie A.
A player who appears to be back in form is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who helped himself to a hat-trick at the weekend.
It is no coincidence that, when Arsenal’s attacking process improves, Aubameyang starts scoring. It’s simple, if the team isn’t creating chances, the striker isn’t going to score goals.
All those earlier in the season using Aubameyang’s new contract as the reason why his form dropped off were wrong. Aubameyang was just part of a poor attacking system that wasn't clicking.
For context, the Gabonese forward has played 20 games in the Premier League this season. In his first 10 games of the season he had gotten on the end of chances equating to 2.3 xG and was averaging 0.23 xG/95 (scored twice).
Posted at 1700 GMT on 17/02/21
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