After scoring six times in his first six Premier League games and having netted a match-winning hat trick at Stoke on Saturday, Alvaro Morata is rightfully receiving plaudits from all corners. Some understandably questioned the wisdom of spending £58 million on a player who has never been a regular for either Real Madrid or Juventus. His goals and all-round play have, however, seen any dissenting voices quietened.
And yet, like all strikers that lead the line by themselves, Morata is at the mercy of the service supplied to him. Apart from his wonderful solo goal that made it 3-0 at the Bet365 Stadium, all of his strikes have been created by others though the pleasantly surprising fact is that four of them have emanated from a rather unlikely source.