Print 50 Goals, Aubameyang Breaks Through The Premier League's Elite Forward List

Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang (Twitter @arsenal)

JAKARTA - Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang scored his 50th Premier League goal when he led Arsenal to a 4-0 win over Norwich City, Wednesday, June 1 evening. This goal also opened the Gunners' opportunity to return to the Champions League next season.

This achievement proves how productive the Gabon international has been since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018. In this match, Aubameyang scored two goals; 33 and 67 minutes.

Aubameyang's crucial goal against Norwich was made all the more remarkable by the fact that he has not played in a very successful team during his time at the Emirates Stadium. Yes, the Gunners finished sixth in their first season, fifth in their second season, and started the match against The Canaries in 10th position.

No less important, Aubameyang's 50 goals came from 77 matches. Fewer numbers than the likes of Sergio Aguero and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.

This makes Aubameyang the sixth fastest player in the competition's history to reach the milestone of 50 goals.

50 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored his 50th Premier League goal in fewer appearances (79) than any other @Arsenal player, and is the 6th fastest to this total among all Premier League players. Clinical. pic.twitter.com/YWjDZJzFsP

- OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 1, 2020

Here are five other players to have scored 50 Premier League goals in fewer games than Aubameyang:

1. Andy Cole - 65 games

2. Alan Shearer - 66 games

150 goals in 219 games - we can't wait to see @ RvN1776 back at Old Trafford later this summer! https://t.co/LUR4QOxeSu #LegendsAreBack pic.twitter.com/wqntxTr0RX

- Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 21, 2017

3. Ruud van Nistelrooy - 68 games

4.Fernando Torres - 72

5. Mohamed Salah - 72

Only @ vancole9 & @alanshearer (both 41 goals), have scored more in their first 50 #PL appearances than @MoSalah (35) pic.twitter.com/ZakBH1MdVR

- Premier League (@premierleague) August 13, 2018

Meanwhile, Arsenal's other two goals in the match against The Canaries were scored by Granit Xhaka (37) and Cedric Soares (81).

229 - It took Cedric Soares 229 seconds to score as many Premier League goals for @ Arsenal as he did in 120 appearances for Southampton (10,090 minutes). Impression. pic.twitter.com/PxaTd48aKr

- OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 1, 2020

The Gunner now has 46 points. 8 points adrift of Chelsea, who finished fourth. At the same time, the Blues lost 2-3 to West Ham.