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In today’s generation of football, each and every European club desires to have a prolific forward line which provides them with plenty of goals throughout the season.
Top European clubs like Juventus and Atletico Madrid who are known for their defensive abilities, have also started to strengthen their attacking options in recent seasons - many of which have seen major improvements in their results.
No matter how much we argue about it, but, at the end of the day, we all watch football to see beautiful play and a number of goals being scored. While good defensive tactics make a football match more tense and competitive, the attack on the other hand, makes the game more exciting and interesting to watch.
We have almost completed the first quarter of the 2018/19 campaign and have witnessed some top quality attacking games from different leagues in Europe. The recent El Clasico gave a treat to all the attacking football lovers around the globe, along with providing a dreadful result for Real Madrid fans.
So without further ado, let's start with the list of 5 top European sides with the best attacking partnerships at present:
#5 Arsenal
While it might sound like a surprise to some but yes, Arsenal have been playing some prolific attacking football this season. The north London club currently sits in fourth spot in the Premier League only behind defending champions Manchester City, Liverpool and London rivals Chelsea.
The Gunners have scored 38 goals so far in all competitions. While they’ve scored an equal number of goals in the league as Chelsea, they have an upper hand over Maurizio Sarri's side in terms of contribution from their front three, as the main source for Chelsea's goals has been Eden Hazard.
While on the other hand, Arsenal’s forwards have contributed equally for their goals. So that’s why I'm giving an advantage to the Gunners over their city rivals here.
Their forwards have contributed 20 goals and four assists in all competitions so far. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is their highest scorer with nine goals to his name. Lacazette recently scored against Liverpool during a thrilling 1-1 draw.
#4 Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund have been on fire from the start of this season. They are the current league toppers in Bundesliga with a comfortable four-point lead over their rivals Bayern Munich.
They are on top of their Champions League group as well with three wins from as many games. Die Borussen have played ten league games and have collected 24 points with seven wins and three draws while scoring an outrageous 30 goals.
Along with brilliant performances in the Bundesliga, the German giants have displayed some brilliant performances in the Champions League as well, including a surprising 4-0 thrashing over Atletico Madrid.
Paco Alcacer, Marco Reus and Jadon Sancho have been playing some top-level attacking football this season. They’ve all contributed with a total 20 goals and 11 assists so far, this season.
While Barcelona are considering all avenues to retain Alcacer after a successful loan spell, many top European sides are willing to splash big money for Dortmund's English prodigy Jadon Sancho - who continues to look unstoppable this term.
#3 FC Barcelona
From the defensive point of view, Barcelona haven't started this season well as they've already conceded 12 goals in La Liga, so far this term.
However their attack is on a roll - which is the main reason why they find themselves on top of the league standings right now. The Blaugrana have netted 31 league goals until now - but the Spanish giants' frontline have contributed to a whopping 27 goals and 12 assists (all competitions) so far this term. Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suárez, Ousmane Dembélé and Lionel Messi have been combining to create plenty of goals between them.
While Suarez had a slow start to the campaign, he picked up the pace at the right time when an arm injury forced Messi out of El Clasico. Suarez struck a memorable hat-trick during their 5-1 win over their arch-rivals Real Madrid - Messi has returned to full training and will be looking to continue his excellent form in the coming weeks.
#2 Manchester City
Manchester City have started their title defence on a good note as they sit on top of the league table with a far better goal difference than both Liverpool and Chelsea. Pep Guardiola's men have scored 27 league goals while conceding just three.
While the Citizens do not have a permanent starting line-up, they sure do have a strong set of attacking players and an unimaginable squad depth.
The likes of Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sané represent a wide variety of different options from which to utilise in his starting eleven.
Kevin de Bruyne has been sidelined for most of the season thus far and has sustained another knee injury this week, but it has not created many problems for the sky Blues as they persist to score plenty of goals in the Belgian's absence. Their highest goalscorer to date is Aguero, with nine and two assists - although the Argentine himself is still not finished.
#1 Paris Saint-Germain
What would you expect if a team comprises of two of the best forwards in the world? A giant number of goals being scored, right?
That's precisely what Paris Saint-Germain are doing this term. The French giants comfortably sit on top of the Ligue 1 table with a perfect record and have netted a mammoth 41 Ligue goals thus far this term. They're the top scorers across Europe's top five leagues.
Kylian Mbappé with 13 goals and five assists, Neymar with 12 and five assists as well as Cavani (six and two) look unstoppable at present.
Along with these frontline, another star in Angel di María has also contributed well - five goals and six assists across all competitions, including a late equaliser during their Champions League clash with Napoli last time out. It would be safe to say that PSG have the most lethal forwards in the world right now.
