People often say that today’s football lacks genuine playmakers – players capable of “connecting” a striker with a goal with one timely defence-splitting pass. Andreas Iniesta, Kaka, Andrea Pirlo, and Mesut Ozil are only some of the retired passing magicians, while Kevin De Bruyne and Luka Modric are among the last Mohicans.As if he didn’t miss a dayHowever, the new era might have started in the Premier League as the latest round of England’s top tier brought as many as two goalkeeper assists?! In Brighton’s triumph over Chelsea last Friday, Bart Verbruggen found Kaoru Mitoma with a perfect pass which led to a goal, while Man City’s Ederson and Omar Marmoush repeated the achievement a day later against Newcastle.Five goalkeepers have now assisted at least one goal in the Premier League this season! ✅ Bart Verbruggen✅ Ederson (2)✅ Bernd Leno✅ Mark Flekken ✅ Jordan Pickford pic.twitter.com/wzbQxHrYUg— Premier League (@premierleague) February 14, 2025 As if two custodian assists in one round weren’t historic enough, Premier League goalies made as many as six since the beginning of the season! The aforementioned Seagulls’ keeper, Fulham’s Bernd Leno, Jordan Pickford of Everton, and Brentford’s Mark Flekken noted one each, while the Cityzens’ Brazilian became the netkeeper with the most Premier League assists, as the one against the Magpies was his sixth!Ederson on 🔝No goalkeeper has more assists in Premier League history than the @ManCity ‘keeper 👏 pic.twitter.com/sdmNfd676Z— Premier League (@premierleague) February 15, 2025 So, football might be slowly but surely losing those creative geniuses capable of tearing the defence apart with their passes, but their replacement is apparently coming from the place no one would ever expect it – from between the posts!UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – PLAYOFFSReturn legTuesday 20.45: (1.45) Milan (4.50) Feyenoord (7.00)23.00: (1.55) Atalanta (4.10) Club Brugge (6.00)23.00: (1.20) Bayern (7.25) Celtic (12.0)23.00: (1.95) Benfica (3.50) Monaco (3.90)Wednesday 20.45: (1.95) Dortmund (3.50) Sporting (3.90)23.00: (1.18) PSG (7.25) Brest (15.0)23.00: (2.30) PSV (3.45) Juventus (3.05)23.00: (1.85) Real Madrid (3.80) Man.City (4.00)***odds are subject to change***
