5 players who broke their goal-scoring drought this weekend

Goal scoring droughts are something that plague footballers from time to time, and they put a lot of pressure on players out of form – especially strikers. They come in for criticism from all quarters; the press, the fans and sometimes even the manager.At the other end, there are players who aren’t expected to score on a weekly basis. But they do find the back of the net on many occasions, players who come nowhere close to the opposition’s box.This weekend (Matchweek 13 in the Premier League and La Liga) saw a number of goal scoring droughts come to an end. Here’s a list of players who did.

#1 Roberto Soldado

Tottenham Hotspur striker Roberto Soldado has been in poor form since his arrival at White Hart Lane in 2013. The striker, who has been in and out of the Spain squad for years, scored only 11 goals last season – just six in the Premier League. A terrible return for a player who cost the North London club £26 million to sign from Valencia. He was never able to recover the form he had in La Liga when he arrived on England’s shores.

This season, he hasn’t exactly improved either. He has struggled to get starts in the League and people were calling for him to be shipped off in January. But such talk was put on hold when he scored his first goal in the EPL this season in the Lilywhites’ 2-1 win over Everton at home.

In a Spurs counter-attack, the Spanish striker scored what would eventually be the winner by slotting the ball past Tim Howard after being fed by Aaron Lennon.

This was his first EPL goal since March when he scored against Cardiff City.