When Norwich City signed Teemu Pukki on a free transfer prior to the start of last season, few would have predicted that he would go on to have such an impact.
The 29-year-old Finnish striker ran away with Championship Golden Boot, scoring 29 goals in the 2018/19 campaign, without a single penalty.
Following the Canaries’ promotion to the Premier League, the question on everyone’s lips was – Can he replicate such blistering goal scoring form in England’s top-flight?
It is one thing to bang in the goals in the second-tier, but to score consistently in the Premier League is a completely different matter.
However, Pukki has wasted no time in proving his doubters wrong, and the lethal forward has already scored 4 goals in his first 2 top-flight appearances.
He grabbed a late consolation in Norwich’s opening-day 4-1 loss at Liverpool, and then managed to net a hat-trick in the Canaries' 3-1 win over Newcastle United in the following match.
Pukki showed all his quality against Newcastle with three very different goals.
His first was a thunderous right-footed volley, his second was a smart low drive from just inside the penalty area, and for his third goal, he calmly slotted the ball past Martin Dubravka with a clever left-footed strike.
Let’s take a look at some of Pukki’s impressive statistics.
Teemu Pukki is the first Norwich City player to score in his first two Premier League appearances for the club for 25 years.
The Finnish striker is the only player to have scored 4 goals in their first two top-flight matches.
No player has scored more league goals in England’s top four divisions since Pukki joined Norwich in June 2018.
His goal-per-game ratio was 0.38 before joining the Canaries. It now stands as 0.73.
The red-hot Fin is in the form of his life and could hold the key to Nowrich’s survival in the Premier League this season.
He is a natural finisher and his clever movement makes him extremely difficult to mark.
There is no denying that there are many more high-profile strikers in England’s top-flight.
However, if Teemu Pukki continues to score on such a consistent basis, it won’t be long before he is considered as one of the country’s elite.
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