Five key stats from week 11 in Ligue 1- the Falcao crisis is over

Falcao ends his goal drought

The crisis in Monaco is over, Falcao scored Monaco’s 2nd goal in their 2-1 win over Lyon on Sunday, ending a three game run without a goal. That puts him on 8 goals so far for the season. The Colombian is having a strange season, at one moment you think he is struggling, the next he has lofted the ball beautifully over Anthony Lopes and all the fears are dashed. He only managed four shots against Lyon, taking his total to 25 for the season, 60% of his shots finding the target. Out of his four shots on Sunday, only a back post header that was well saved was close to doubling his tally.

For one of Europe’s most elite strikers you would expect El Tigre to be more involved in front of goal, and that is the scary part. With 8 goals under his belt in 11 games, Monaco still hasn’t quite worked out how to get the best out of Falcao. When they do the consequences could be devastating for the league. Interesting that he has had the exact same amount of shots as PSG’s Edinson Cavani, and the impression is that Cavani, playing out of position, has yet to settle. Ligue 1 could be in trouble if either forward hits their stride in the coming months.