Premier League: Ranking the 5 best attacking units in the league 

Arsenal FC v Liverpool FC - Premier League
Arsenal FC v Liverpool FC - Premier League

#2 Manchester City

Manchester City possesses one of the most lethal attacks in all of Europe.
Manchester City possesses one of the most lethal attacks in all of Europe.

Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, and Ilkay Gundogan. Need I write further?

Manchester City have an uncanny ability to find and create goals. It doesn't seem to matter who scores them, but every attack for City seems a likely goal. Their strength in depth is unparalleled, and they seem to be able to switch players in the starting line-up each time without losing quality. It's the real strength of this side, one that was on full display last season.

Their Player of the Season of 2017/18, scoring 8 goals and registering 16 assists in the league alone, Kevin De Bruyne missed large chunks of the 2018/19 season through injury. With any other team, that would've dented their performances, but City aren't just any team. Up steps Bernardo Silva and plugs that gaping hole in the team with 13 goals and 11 assists.

The magician at the helm, Pep Guardiola, has got Raheem Sterling firing on all cylinders for two seasons now. It's hard to tell with his 18 goals and 11 assists in 2017/18 and 17 goals and 10 assists this season, which is the better personal season for him.

Need I even mention Sergio Aguero who has scored over 20 goals in the league for 5 seasons running now? Or Gabriel Jesus and Riyad Mahrez who have both had cup-winning campaigns with their national side in the summer?

Wherever you look with this City side, there is quality that would walk into most Premier League teams. Pep is experimenting with a side in pre-season that plays De Bruyne in a deep-lying playmaker role alongside new arrival Rodri, and the prospect of what that means for City's attack next season is staggering.

The one hitch they may have is the prospect of losing Leroy Sane to Bayern Munich in this window. It'll be a blow, and when it comes, it will hit them hard. But if they can recover from losing Kevin De Bruyne as they did for the most part last season, they'll find a way to score without Sane.

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