Jack Grealish compared to former Chelsea star Eden Hazard as Aston Villa captain’s stats are better than Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah

Jack Grealish is outperforming the world’s best players this season.

The Aston Villa captain scored his fifth goal of the Premier League campaign in his side’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Monday in a year that has also seen him break into the England side.

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Grealish is in the form of his life

In addition to his five goals, Grealish has registered the same amount of assists in just nine league appearances this term.

Remarkably, those stats are better than football superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo along with Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Stats life

The 2020/21 league stats for Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane so far

• Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – four goals, zero assists in nine games
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) – eight goals, one assist in five games
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – eight goals, one assist in nine games
• Sadio Mane (Liverpool) – four goals, one assist in nine games

(All stats correct as of 1 December 2020)

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Grealish has more goal contributions in the league than Messi so far this season

Grealish’s form saw Jamie Carragher liken him to Real Madrid winger Eden Hazard, who scored 110 goals in 352 games in a seven-year spell with Chelsea.

Hazard completed a big-money move to the Spanish capital last year, but has started just 17 times in an injury-hit stint.

“I’m a huge fan of Grealish,” former Liverpool defender Carragher told Sky Sports.

“Graeme Souness criticised him last season for taking too many touches for a midfielder, but I don’t see that.

“He’s not a conventional midfielder player. That’s why when I see or hear the links with Paul Gascoigne, I don’t see that either – he doesn’t play in that position.

“Another player I do want to compare him to, because of the position he plays, is Eden Hazard. In this left side of a front three, he’s got a similar sort of build, powerful legs, backside as well.

Rather than liken him to Gazza, Carragher thinks Grealish is more like Hazard

“How many times did we see Eden Hazard release that burst of pace? He’s probably a bit quicker than we give him credit for.

“He’s different in that position, he’s not [Raheem] Sterling, Mane, Salah who’s going to make penetrating runs all the time in behind, he’s going to come to feet more often than not.

“When he’s running at people, it’s round the edge of the box.”

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