Sadio Mane not finishing

James Benge looks at Liverpool’s struggles and sees Sadio Mane taking similar shots to last season, but not converting at the same rate:

“Despite taking half a shot more than last season he is logging the same quality of shots per game -- as measured by expected goals (xG) -- and Opta's xG on target metric shows that a player who was averaging half a goal per game last season based on where his shots actually ended up is now only a small fraction over one goal per three games. In other words, Mane is getting into similar positions to last season but making far less of the opportunities that come his way. Just look at his shot points below, there are a lot of good quality looks in red.”

Full article: CBS Sports