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Ranking the top five Premier League attacks: Which club is king?

By Tom Bogert

MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: Sergio Aguero of Manchester City celebrates scoring his sides first goal from the penalty spot with Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City during the Premier League match between Middlesbrough and Manchester City at the Riverside Stadium on April 30, 2017 in Middlesbrough, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: Sergio Aguero of Manchester City celebrates scoring his sides first goal from the penalty spot with Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City during the Premier League match between Middlesbrough and Manchester City at the Riverside Stadium on April 30, 2017 in Middlesbrough, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 18: Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal (R) celebrates with Santi Cazorla (L), Mesut Oezil (2L) and Gabriel (2R) as he scores their second goal during the FA Cup Semi Final between Arsenal and Reading at Wembley Stadium on April 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 18: Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal (R) celebrates with Santi Cazorla (L), Mesut Oezil (2L) and Gabriel (2R) as he scores their second goal during the FA Cup Semi Final between Arsenal and Reading at Wembley Stadium on April 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /

4. Arsenal /// 2016/17 goals for: 77 /// 2016/17 top scorer: Alexis Sanchez (24)

2017/18 likely top scorer: Alexandre Lacazette /// 2017/18 Key player: Alexis Sanchez

The potency of Arsenal’s attack is in a fluid state. If Sanchez leaves, then the club is stuck with the same problem they had last year: a reliance on a single player, this year it’d be Lacazette instead of the Chilean.

But if Sanchez stays, an attacking triumvirate of Mesut Ozil, Sanchez and Lacazette is irresistible. It’s a conventional recipe, a playmaker behind two goal scorers, wrapped in modern football and Arsenal’s aesthetic style of play.

Sanchez is easily capable of 20 goals in the Premier League and Lacazette was essentially a goal-per-game scorer in France. Danny Welbeck and Olivier Giroud are each capable of double-digit goal tallies with requisite opportunities, though chances will be limited behind the aforementioned front three.

Their defenders aren’t quite as likely to score as Chelsea’s are, but Granit Xhaka, Saed Kolasinac and Hector Bellerin can all provide and score a handful this season.

If Wenger ditches the 3-4-2-1 for his traditional 4-2-3-1, that opens more regular opportunities for Welbeck, Alex Iwobi, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Goals should flow at The Emirates this season. They just need to get Sanchez to sign a new deal.

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