5 highest Premier League goalscorers never to win the league

One of them lifted the trophy, while the other had to contend with second place
One of them lifted the trophy, while the other had to contend with second place

#1 Robbie Fowler (163 goals)

One of the greatest Liverpool Players to never have won the league title
One of the greatest Liverpool Players to never have won the league title

The only former Liverpool player in the list, Robbie Fowler was an absolute legend of the Premier League.

Fowler started his career with Liverpool a year after the inception of the Premier League. His debut season saw Fowler scoring 12 goals from 28 league appearances.

From the second season onwards, we saw the real Fowler, renowned for his natural goal-scoring ability and clinical finishing, taking the field as the Englishman scored 71 goals from 112 appearances before injuries started to hit him.

The next few seasons saw Fowler's appearances as well as his goal scoring numbers going down while the emergence of Michale Owen also left Fowler in the fringes of the team. These factors along with his difficulties with then manager Gerrard Houllier saw the striker being forced out of the team, joining Leeds in the 2001-02 season.

The striker's time at Leeds was marred by the Peacocks' severe financial problems as well as the sale of their best players to rival clubs. The former England international was sold to Manchester City in the very next season as the financial troubles deepened for Leeds.

Fowler's spell at City wasn't great as he scored just 21 goals in 80 appearances before making a fairytale return back to his beloved Merseyside with Liverpool.

Robbie Fowler finally bid his farewell to the Kop after another 2 seasons with the club, joining Championship side Cardiff City, before adding another 8 goals to his tally for the Reds. Robbie Fowler made a return to Premier League with Blackburn Rovers but failed to score with the striker making just 3 appearances.

The Englishman never fulfilled his huge potential with injuries playing a spoilsport to his career. The striker managed to finish third thrice in his league career and like every great Liverpool players of this generation was unfortunate never to get the coveted trophy.

Fowler scored an impressive 163 (128 Liverpool, 14 Leeds, 21 Manchester City) goals in 379 appearances in the league ending his career as the sixth highest goal scorer in the all-time list, a goal above Jermain Defoe.

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Edited by Debjyoti Samanta
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