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Jose Mourinho has had his fair share of criticism since he became Man United manager.

He's being too critical of his own players. He's not being critical enough of his captain. He's not getting his squad to work hard enough (a fact the 'distance covered' stats suggest might be true).

The complaints have been many and varied. However, no-one can accuse The (still quite) Special One of playing defensive football.

Take a look at the table below and you will see that Man United have actually been firing in more shots than any other side in the Premier League this season… once you factor in the amount of possession each side has.

(Image: REUTERS)

United have had 76 shots on goal so far this season (i.e. NOT including shots that have been blocked and therefore not reached the goal). That is more than all but two other teams in the division; Tottenham have had 79 and Man City have had 77.

HOWEVER, United have been averaging 54 percent of possession in each game. That means they have the ball for just under 49 minutes per match… and means they have therefore averaged one shot on goal for every 3.8 minutes of possession.

(Image: Reuters)

Make sense? Good. Because we have done that same calculation for each top flight team and figured out how many shots they have per 90 minutes of possession:

The short version of this statty madness? Man United have been more effective at turning possession into a shot at goal than any other side in the Premier League.

In other news, it seems Middlesbrough and Bournemouth hold onto the ball for an absurdly long time before they even TRY to score…