So far this season, West Ham fans are yet to see the best of their Brazilian livewire, Felipe Anderson. The winger is one hell of a player when he’s on his day, and his stats across his career certainly back that up, however, he needs to start showing it on the pitch as soon as possible.
Last season, in Anderson’s debut campaign in the Premier League after his £36m move from Lazio (BBC) during Manuel Pellegrini’s first summer in the job as the West Ham gaffer, the winger bagged himself ten goals and five assists in 40 games in all competitions (Transfermarkt).
However, so far this season the 26-year-old has featured in ten games and he’s yet to find the back of the net, a worrying stat for the Hammers given how he’s supposedly one of the club’s most influential players and is capable of turning games on their head from his wide-left position.
The next step for the wide-man is to score, something which has not happened for a while now. His last goal came in a 2-1 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford back in April, Transfermarkt, and whilst he’s not expected to score every week, going over six months without a goal isn’t good enough.
Against Everton on the weekend, Anderson was as poor as he’s been for the Irons. He only managed the first-half before Andriy Yarmolenko was brought on to replace him and in those minutes he was dispossessed three times, took four poor first touches and committed a foul on his way to a half-time substitution, WhoScored.
It won’t be easy for the Brazilian to get his form back, but with a return to The London Stadium next up as Sheffield United come to town, the wide-man should be doing everything in his powers to break his duck against the newly-promoted Premier League side.
