"The stats that Messi has delivered for the last 12+ years are out of this world. But at the same time, none of those stats will ever tell you the full story for each of his individual years, including this one. In fact, they will only tell you half of what he brings in total," Ajax fan tweets.
"That's the difference between Leo Messi and others. I am all for using statistics in debates or for using them to prove individual accomplishments. But unlike with many other players, statistics will never tell you the full story when it comes to Messi," he adds.
Indeed, if we may evaluate Robert Lewandowski's and Cristiano Ronaldo's performances in goals, Leo Messi is a different story.
Apart from being La Liga's top scorer last season, the Argentine was also the leader in goal-creating actions (actions leading to goals, including passes to a shot, dribbles, drawn fouls, etc.), shot-creating actions, progressive carries, let alone dribbles – he's the best or one of the best players in Europe in all these stats.
A proper example is Messi's latest game with PSG: the Argentine provided 5 key passes, created one big chance but none of those opportunities were converted by Kylian Mbappe or Angel di Maria. As a result, the game ended in a 0-0 draw, but did Messi ghost? Definitely not.
