Top 5 attacking trios in world football at the moment

The youngest of the lot
The youngest of the lot

#3 Liverpool- Firmino, Salah and Mane

Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino Enter caption
Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino Enter caption

Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been tearing it up in the Premier League and the Champions League for about 3 seasons now. We're well versed with their exploits. The pace and exquisite feet of both Salah and Mane in combination with Roberto Firmino's outstanding footballing intelligence is recipe for trouble for any opposition.

Firmino is the enabler of the system. Mane and Salah are the executioners. The trio have been incredible once again. Salah has scored 23 goals across all competitions, 3 more than Mane.

The three of them have scored a combined 58 goals this season and racked up 31 assists between them. Jurgen Klopp's front 3 has all the attributes that's expected of world-class attackers- vision, slick passing, excellent movement and a winning mentality.

#2 Paris Saint-Germain- Icardi, Neymar and Mbappe

Neymar Jr, Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe
Neymar Jr, Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe

In Neymar and Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain have two of the finest attackers in world football. Neymar had also been part of one of the greatest attacking trios of all time at Barcelona alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, forming the famous MSN.

Now he is part of the most expensive attacking trio at Paris Saint-Germain alongside Kylian Mbappe and Mauro Icardi and not a lot has changed. Despite missing out on a major chunk of the season, the Brazilian has still chipped in with 19 goals and 9 assists from 25 appearances this season.

Meanwhile, Kylian Mbappe has scored 30 goals from 36 appearances and racked up 10 assists as well. Mauro Icardi, the archetypal fox-in-the-box, who moved from Inter Milan has scored 20. The trio have scored a whopping 69 goals and those numbers typify the kind of threat they possess every time they are out on the pitch together.

#1 Bayern Munich- Lewandowski, Muller and Gnabry

Muller, Gnabry and Lewandowski
Muller, Gnabry and Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski has formed excellent partnerships before too. Now at the age of 32, the Pole is not showing any signs of slowing down. In fact, his numbers suggest that he is taking off like never before.

Bayern have a front 3 that complement each other perfectly. Serge Gnabry is all pace and skills down the flanks. There is perhaps no footballer who is more intelligent than Thomas Muller. There is perhaps no forward who can play to his teammates' strengths better than Thomas Muller.

And in Robert Lewandowski, they have a striker who is simply the very best in the business right now and he is so by a country mile. Lewandowski has scored 54 goals so far this season 44 games. He also has 8 assists to his name.

Thomas Muller has scored only 12 goals but has provided an outstanding 22 assists. Gnabry has scored 20 and assisted 12. They have scored a combined 86 goals this season. 86. Do we need to say more?

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