EVERY MONTH THE PREMIER League hands out a quartet of awards: PLAYER and MANAGER, the most influential men on and off the pitch, and GOAL and SAVE, the alpha and omega of the game. But there’s no award for arguably the most beautiful and subtle of football’s many aspects: THE ASSIST, the pass before the goal.
“I always like to assist more than scoring,” says Kevin De Bruyne (). “It gives me another feeling: I cannot explain it.” Thierry Henry thought similarly — “There is nothing more beautiful than making
