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&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"articleWide cleared">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"js-article-text" class&equals;"article-text wide">&NewLine;<h4><em><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;571111&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;Kelechi Iheanacho&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;571111&semi;">Better minute-to-goal ratio than Cristiano Ronaldo&comma; Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez&&num;8230&semi; the Manchester City forward is Europe&&num;8217&semi;s deadliest player<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8230&semi;how so&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;520808&semi;">The <strong> 19-year-old&&num;8217&semi;s 11 goals have come at an average of every 81&period;27 minutes<&sol;strong> compared  to <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;183e73&semi;"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;520808&semi;">Luis Suarez is 83&period;77&comma; Cristiano Ronaldo 84&period;21<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;em><&sol;span>Who is the hottest young striker in Manchester&period; Marcus Rashford of United or City&&num;8217&semi;s Kelechi Iheanacho&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Depends on who you ask&period; Rashford has been influential in bringing United out of their slide their season with his goalscoring exploits&comma; seven goals in 14 appearances since making his debut in February&period; In Iheanacho&comma; Manchester City can probably boast of a more devastating young finisher<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"image-wrap"><strong> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18951" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;stream&lowbar;img&period;jpg" alt&equals;"stream&lowbar;img" width&equals;"680" height&equals;"383" &sol;>Kelechi Iheanacho is the deadliest finisher in all of Europe&&num;8217&semi;s top five leagues in terms of minute-to-goal ratio<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18952" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;nacho3&lowbar;2819507al&period;jpg" alt&equals;"nacho3&lowbar;2819507al" width&equals;"940" height&equals;"625" &sol;>Iheanacho scored twice for Manchester City as they swept aside Stoke 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-18956" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;manchester-city-v-stoke&period;jpg" alt&equals;"manchester-city-v-stoke" width&equals;"675" height&equals;"396" &sol;>Iheanacho scoring the first of his two goals against Stoke<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-18953" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;kelechi-iheanacho&period;jpg" alt&equals;"kelechi-iheanacho" width&equals;"696" height&equals;"483" &sol;><&sol;strong><span class&equals;"irc&lowbar;su" dir&equals;"ltr"><strong>Kelechi Iheanacho in action against Brazil at the FIFA U-20 World Cup&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"article-text wide"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18957" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;kelechi-iheanacho&lowbar;psg5byib3dzt1sgq41b2daqdd&period;jpg" alt&equals;"kelechi-iheanacho&lowbar;psg5byib3dzt1sgq41b2daqdd" width&equals;"940" height&equals;"491" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Heroics at Crystal Palace&period; One minute played&comma; one goal scored&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-text wide">Kelechi Iheanaco  One Minute &&num;8211&semi; One Goal &&num;8211&semi; The Nigeria youngster came on in the 89th minute in place of Wilfried Bony as Manchester City looked destined to finish goalless against Crystal Palace&period; But Manuel Pellegrini&&num;8217&semi;s charge knew what was at stake and was in the right place at the right time to poke home a rebound and ensure the Citizens maintained their 100&percnt; record to the start of the season&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-text wide">&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-18955" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3829&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3829" width&equals;"705" height&equals;"423" &sol;>His 11 goals have come at an average of every 81&period;27 minutes &&num;8211&semi; better than anyone in Europe&&num;8217&semi;s top five leagues<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>The 19-year-old is quietly blossoming into a clinical finisher at City&comma; and this was highlighted by his two goals in their 4-0 Premier League win over Stoke on Saturday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That double took his overall tally to 11 in the season and a stat that sees him crowned as Europe&&num;8217&semi;s deadliest marksman&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Iheanacho can lay claim to being the most prolific goalscorer in Europe&&num;8217&semi;s top five league based on minutes played&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His minute-to-goal ratio stands at 81&period;27 &&num;8211&semi; a figure that surpasses illustrious forwards such Lionel Messi&comma; Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Based on players having scored 10 goals or more this term in all competitions&comma; Iheanacho&&num;8217&semi;s nearest challenger is Barcelona forward Luis Suarez&period; The 29-year-old has scored 53 times at a minute-to-goal ratio of 83&period;77&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Real Madrid duo Ronaldo &lpar;47 goals&rpar; and Karim Benzema &lpar;27&rpar; sit third and fourth respectively in this list at 84&period;21 and 85&period;93 respectively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18962" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;luis-suarez-celebrates-after-scoring-the-first-goal-for-barcelona&period;jpg" alt&equals;"luis-suarez-celebrates-after-scoring-the-first-goal-for-barcelona" width&equals;"1888" height&equals;"1227" &sol;><strong>Barcelona&&num;8217&semi;s Luis Suarez &lpar;left&rpar; sits second with a minute-to-goal ratio of 83&period;77<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18964" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;ronaldo-cristiano-manchester-united&lowbar;3373346&period;jpg" alt&equals;"ronaldo-cristiano-manchester-united&lowbar;3373346" width&equals;"768" height&equals;"432" &sol;>Former World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid&comma; third with a minute-to-goal ratio of 84&period;21<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"articleWide cleared">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-text wide">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"sport">&NewLine;<table class&equals;"mol-table" width&equals;"100&percnt;">&NewLine;<caption class&equals;"wocc">EUROPE&&num;8217&semi;S DEADLIEST FINISHERS IN ALL TOP FIVE LEAGUES THIS SEASON <&sol;caption>&NewLine;<tbody>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<th>Player<&sol;th>&NewLine;<th>Club<&sol;th>&NewLine;<th>Mins&sol;Goal<&sol;th>&NewLine;<th>Goals<&sol;th>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Kelechi Iheanacho<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Manchester City<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>81&period;27<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>11<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Luis Suarez<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Barcelona<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>83&period;77<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>53<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Cristiano Ronaldo<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Real Madrid<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>84&period;21<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>47<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Karim Benzema<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Real Madrid<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>85&period;93<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>27<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Zlatan Ibrahimovic<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Paris Saint-Germain<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>88&period;45<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>42<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Imanol Agirretxe<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Real Sociedad<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>90&period;31<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>13<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Gonzalo Higuain<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Napoli<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>94&period;59<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>32<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Lionel Messi<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Barcelona<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>95&period;95<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>40<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Borussia Dortmund<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>98&period;27<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>37<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Robert Lewandowski<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Bayern Munich<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>98&period;89<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>38<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Gareth Bale<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Real Madrid<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>106&period;39<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>18<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Thomas Muller<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Bayern Munich<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>110&period;06<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>31<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Sergio Aguero<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Manchester City<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>112&period;89<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>28<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Claudio Pizarro<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Werder Bremen<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>115&period;47<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>15<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Javier Hernandez<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Bayer Leverkusen<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>116&period;27<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>26<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Daniel Sturridge<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Liverpool<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>121&period;73<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>11<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Cedric Bakambu<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Villarreal<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>123&period;86<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>22<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Kevin Gameiro<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Sevilla<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>127&period;2<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>25<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Aritz Aduriz<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Athletic Bilbao<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>127&period;94<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>33<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>Antoine Griezmann<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>Atletico Madrid<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>135&period;66<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>29<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<&sol;tbody>&NewLine;<&sol;table>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Paris Saint-Germain talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic rounds out the top five with his 42 goals coming every 88&period;45 minutes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Messi is 8th in this list with his 40 goals for Barcelona coming every 95&period;95 minutes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski &lpar;38 goals&rpar; is 10th at 98&period;89 with Gareth Bale &lpar;18&rpar; next at a ratio of a strike every 106&period;39 minutes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Aside from Iheanacho&comma; only City team-mate Sergio Aguero and Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge are from the Premier League inside the top 20&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Aguero&&num;8217&semi;s minute-to-goal ratio of 112&period;89 places him 13th while Sturridge finds him 16th with 121&period;73&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18958" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;js80489552&period;jpg" alt&equals;"js80489552" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"475" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;City&&num;8217&semi;s prolific first choice strike Sergio Aguero has a minute-to-goal ratio of 112&period;89 so far this campaign<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-17749" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;26706a0100000578-0-image-a-48&lowbar;1439825078326&period;jpg" alt&equals;"26706a0100000578-0-image-a-48&lowbar;1439825078326" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"441" &sol;>Zlatan Ibrahimovic of PSG rouds up the top five goal scorers at 88&period;45 in 42 games<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Real Madrid visit the Etihad for the first leg of City&&num;8217&semi;s first Champions League semi-final&comma; offering Iheanacho the chance to challenge himself against the likes of Ronaldo&comma; Benzema and Bale&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I think I should dream about that because it&&num;8217&semi;s a great team to dream about&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period; &&num;8216&semi;It would be a dream come true to play against them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Ronaldo and Messi are the greatest players on the planet so I think playing against them is a big thing to anyone&period; It would be a big thing to me if I play against him on Tuesday&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;&lpar;If I was picked&rpar; I would feel very great&comma; I would feel very happy&period; I would grab the opportunity and really work hard&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;If the young Nigerian does feature on Tuesday then Real&&num;8217&semi;s defence have been warned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-18965" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;kelechi-iheanacho1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"kelechi-iheanacho1" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"429" &sol;>Iheanacho in training&period; Likely to be in the squad for Monday&&num;8217&semi;s  Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"mol-img"><em><strong>Lets us know what you think of this article&period; Like&quest; Dislike&quest; Funny&quest; Interesting&quest; Cool&quest;  Drop us a line in the comment box or join us on facebook and twitter to help us give you a better reading experience<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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