Five other deadly duos in the EPL

Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge are in blazing hot form at the moment, but they are also only the last in a long line of lethal tag-team strike partnerships in the EPL in the past 20 years. Adrian Clarke lists five other deadly duos:

Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole (Manchester United)

Scoring 53 goals in only their second season together, firing Manchester United to the Treble in 1999, these two share the closest resemblance to SAS that I have seen. Lively, full of movement and with a telepathic instinct, they are one of English football’s most fondly remembered. Neither individual was world class, but their partnership was up there with the greats.

Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)

The original SAS took the top flight by storm in 1994-95, bullying every defence up and down the land with some seriously powerful front play. Both big and rugged, but with the ability to score a wide variation of goals, they bagged 49 goals in a devastating campaign that saw Rovers crowned champions of England.

Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea)

Nicknamed “Fire and Ice”, these two strikers were polar opposites on and off the pitch, but together Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen were the perfect partnership. Loud, aggressive and eager to prove he was top dog, the Dutchman often took centre stage ahead of the quiet, but cultured Icelandic forward, but it was their combination play that really caught the eye. In 2001-02 they bagged 50 goals and they were a duo that continued to flourish for seasons after.

Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)

This little and large front pair were old school. Playing long-ball football, Sunderland would launch a flurry of high crosses into the box for the giant Quinn to knock down and for the razor-sharp predator Phillips to tuck away. This simple but effective brand of football worked in harmonious fashion for several seasons, none more so than in 1999-2000 when they netted 44.

Andy Cole and Peter Beardsley (Newcastle United)

The Premier League’s record breakers with 55 goals in 1993-94, these two contrasting stars helped Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle United to third place in their long-awaited return to the highest level. One a hungry youngster, the other a seasoned old pro, they had little in common, but as a pairing they clicked right from the word go, with Beardsley teeing up his eager pupil for goal after goal after goal. Strangely, it worked too well. Manchester United snapped up Cole the following season.