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    Teemu Pukki: Goal Machine

    Teemu Pukki: Goal Machine
    08/20/2019 2816

    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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    Manchester City 18 6 6 0 0 11
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    Arsenal 15 6 5 0 1 5
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    Brighton 13 6 4 1 1 13
    4
    Brentford 10 6 2 4 0 6
    5
    Everton 10 6 2 4 0 3
    6
    Chelsea 10 6 3 1 2 2
    7
    Leeds United 9 6 2 3 1 3
    8
    Hull City 9 6 2 3 1 2
    9
    Liverpool 9 6 2 3 1 0
    10
    Ipswich Town 9 6 3 0 3 -3
    11
    Newcastle United 8 6 2 2 2 -3
    12
    Crystal Palace 7 6 2 1 3 -3
    13
    Manchester United 6 6 1 3 2 0
    14
    Coventry City 6 6 2 0 4 -6
    15
    Nottingham Forest 5 6 1 2 3 -3
    16
    Aston Villa 5 6 1 2 3 -5
    17
    Sunderland 4 6 1 1 4 -6
    18
    Bournemouth 3 6 0 3 3 -6
    19
    Tottenham 3 6 0 3 3 -6
    20
    Fulham 2 6 0 2 4 -4
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