A few of the finest issues in life are available pairs.
Socks, for instance. They hold your ft cozy and heat, a minimum of till one among them goes lacking within the washer. Or salt and pepper; one brings out the pure flavour of your meals, whereas the opposite provides a bit spice.
What about Wham! – the legendary musical duo consisting of the late, nice George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley that gifted the world the hit single Final Christmas? The vacations merely would not be the identical if it weren’t for them.
Premier League soccer isn’t any totally different. From rock-solid centre-back pairings to prolific partnerships up high, the highest flight has a historical past of nice duos.
After Gary Neville recently hailed the link-up between Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, we now have listed who we think about to be the Premier League’s finest attacking partnerships.
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Andy Cole & Dwight Yorke
Manchester United
No listing of nice Premier League partnerships can be full with out speaking about Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke.
Throughout their debut season collectively at Manchester United in 1998/99, the 2 scored 53 targets mixed throughout all competitions to fireside the Purple Devils to a historic treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
They scored one other 43 targets between them within the following marketing campaign as United once more gained the league.
“Me and Yorkie are polar opposites however we understood one another like we have been born collectively,” Cole once said of his former strike accomplice, including: “I liked enjoying with him.”
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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink & Eidur Gudjohnsen
Chelsea
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen have been often known as “Fireplace & Ice” throughout their time collectively at Chelsea between 2000 and 2004.
Hasselbaink was recognized for his formidable bodily presence and thunderous proper foot, whereas Gudjohnsen was famous for his cool manner and talent to create probabilities for his teammates.
Collectively, they offered panache and energy, subtlety and savagery, and tranquility and chaos in equal measure. In 121 video games up high collectively for the Blues, they scored a mixed 96 targets.
Talking about his reference to Gudjohnsen in an interview with Chelsea’s official web site in 2020, Hasselbaink said:
“The partnership with Eidur was not labored on, but it surely was very, very particular, and it was additionally very nice.
“It was very simple and it simply clicked, the understanding was simply there, and it was like a tandem, and it simply fitted very properly.”
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Peter Crouch & Jermain Defoe
Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur
Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe have been the proper little & massive partnership.
Throughout profitable spells at Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur, the 2 scored 77 targets in 141 video games collectively, with the diminutive Defoe usually latching on to balls that have been knocked down by the impossibly tall Crouch.
The 2 additionally linked up every now and then for England, together with on the 2010 World Cup.
Throughout an look on Sky Sports activities’ Switch Speak podcast in 2020, Defoe described his partnership with Crouch because the “finest partnership ever”, evaluating it to that of Yorke and Cole at United.
“For those who have a look at Crouchy, you assume he’s simply good within the air, however he was so good together with his ft,” he defined. “Each recreation we tried to help one another, and whenever you play with one another for such a very long time, it simply turns into pure.”
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Harry Kane & Son Heung-min
Tottenham Hotspur
Statistically talking, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are essentially the most deadly partnership in Premier League historical past.
In 229 video games collectively for Tottenham between 2015 and 2023, the pair immediately mixed for a minimum of 47 targets – with Kane scoring 23 and Son scoring 24.
In addition they maintain the document for essentially the most objective mixtures in a Premier League season, teeing one another up 14 occasions within the 2020/21 marketing campaign.
Their love for taking part in collectively was finest demonstrated in a 1-0 win over Burnley throughout that season, when after scoring the sport’s solely objective, Son turned to ask Kane if he got the assist. When Kane nodded, the 2 embraced and celebrated collectively.
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Didier Drogba & Frank Lampard
Chelsea
It is not usually that strikers and midfielders group as much as develop into good companions, however within the case of Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, that is precisely what occurred.
In 300 video games collectively for Chelsea, the pair hit a mixed 254 targets, immediately linking up a mightily spectacular 51 occasions.
Most notably, they mixed twice in FA Cup finals. Within the 2007 remaining in opposition to Manchester United, Lampard teed up Drogba for the one objective in a 1-0 win for the Blues, whereas in 2012, the Englishman once more arrange the Ivorian’s winner. That is what you name clutch.
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David Silva & Sergio Aguero
Manchester Metropolis
One other instance of a fierce midfield-striker mixture, David Silva and Sergio Aguero immediately mixed for 29 targets within the Premier League alone throughout their 9 seasons collectively at Manchester City.
In that point, they helped the membership elevate 11 main honours, together with 4 league titles. Former Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren as soon as described stopping Aguero and Silva as the toughest job in the Premier League.
“They will produce targets in moments from nothing to win soccer matches, so whenever you give them these moments, it’s fairly simple for them,” he stated.
Their partnership got here to an finish in 2020 when Silva joined Actual Sociedad, whereas Aguero left to hitch Barcelona a 12 months later.
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Alan Shearer & Chris Sutton
Blackburn Rovers
Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton have been the Premier League’s unique energy couple, however like many celeb partnerships, their time collectively was short-lived and led to tears.
Within the 1994/95 season, Shearer and Sutton scored 58 targets between them as Blackburn Rovers gained the Premier League title. Consequently, they grew to become affectionately often known as “SAS”.
Nonetheless, Shearer scored 36 targets as Sutton managed only one the next season, and the pair went their separate methods when Shearer joined Newcastle United in the summertime.
Sutton later admitted that he never felt “any warmth” from Shearer throughout their time collectively at Ewood Park. “You may have higher relationships with some gamers than others,” he stated.
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Thierry Henry & Dennis Bergkamp
Arsenal
Thierry Henry loved fruitful partnerships with various his Arsenal teammates throughout his time in north London, together with Freddie Ljungberg, Robert Pires and Sylvain Wiltord.
Nonetheless, none have been fairly as particular as his link-up with Dennis Bergkamp.
The pair, who’re each broadly thought to be two of the Premier League’s greatest-ever gamers, loved an nearly telepathic understanding of each other, with the extra inventive Bergkamp usually realizing the place Henry was earlier than feeding him by means of on objective to complete in trademark vogue.
In 216 video games collectively for Arsenal, they scored a mixed 177 targets and gained two Premier League titles (one among which they gained with out shedding a recreation) and two FA Cups.
Regardless of having shared the sector with the likes of Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho, Henry has previously named Bergkamp as the most effective participant he is ever performed with.
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Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane & Roberto Firmino
Liverpool
Okay, so that is technically not a duo, however decide any two of those three and put them collectively, and also you’d nonetheless have among the finest partnerships in Premier League historical past.
Throughout most of their time collectively at Liverpool, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino have been merely unstoppable.
An ideal mixture of tempo, energy, finesse, talent, want and just about every other fascinating attacking high quality you possibly can consider, the three scored a mixed 338 targets throughout 5 seasons, serving to Liverpool to win the Champions League and the Premier League title.
Salah is the one remaining a part of the legendary Liverpool trio, with Mane and Firmino each now plying their commerce in Saudi Arabia, however their impression at Anfield will stay endlessly.
