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A damning statistic has emerged from the Premier League.
Arsenal pair Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil have created 81 chances in the Premier League this season - the same amout as the whole Manchester United squad.
In total, only Sunderland (74) and Aston Villa (80) have created fewer chances in England's top flight this term.
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Greater Manchester Police have come under criticism for sending an ill-advertised tweet in which they jokingly declare Wayne Rooney as a missing person, after the striker endured yet another anonymous performance for Manchester United in their 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace.
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Stats reveal just how bad Rooney has been this year in the attacking third when compared to the previous three seasons.
As the infographic shows, Rooney is taking fewer shots per game than at any time since the beinning of the 12-13 season and of those shots he is converting fewer chances, less than 10 per cent in fact.
Rooney's goalscoring has completely dried up as well. For every 90 minutes played this season Rooney is scoring 0.20 goals, his lost mark in any of these four seasons. Last year that was 0.38, in 2013-14 it was 0.63 (when he scored 17 Premier League goals) and in 12-13 it was 0.54.
It's not as if he is helping other players either, completing just 31 passes per game, 11 less than last year; he is also only creating just one chance per game for his team-mates.