time manchester united what always willing to splash out on the best attackers the likes of ruud van nistelrooy and robin van persie were crucial to their title victories and of course wayne rooney became one of the most successful premier league players of all time at old trafford. it's not just the red side of manchester where attack dominates manchester city and won 4 premier league titles and they've had the best attack in the division every single time they also had the best defense in 2 of those seasons but is the attack that dominates but maybe this is just a premier league thing maybe if we look abroad the trend is reversed well certainly not in spain there's one. word be sensibly. has been won by the team that scored. most goals 11 times in the last 20 seasons the team that conceded the fewest goals as prevailed 9 times the champions attacking ranking in that season has been higher than their defensive ranking 11 times and it's been the other way around just 6 times perhaps this shouldn't be too surprising in an era dominated by messi and ronaldo real madrid are the perfect example of