The chap who scores the goal couldn’t usually have done so unless someone passed the ball to him in the right place at the right time – the technical word for which is “assist”.

Which then automatically brings Kevin De Bruyne to mind.

De Bruyne has 102 Premier League assists. Ahead of him are Cesc Fabregas with 111 and Ryan Giggs – the all time best assister of them all with 162 assists. When two players combine their skill and intuition to assist each other you get some of the greatest combinations of all time.

Here’s a look at some.

The top 10 player combinations in Premier League history.

Another compilation of top ten combos for club and country.

And another which goes back to the dawn of time..

And Messi’s assists ..