The best striker partnerships in football history

In a football world now, where managers like to play with a single striker at the top of the pitch, it's hard to comprehend just how lethal striking partnerships used to be in years prior.

Strike partnerships are still used by clubs today, but they were predominant in most successful teams in the past. The most potent duos have been a nightmare for defenses. Here are the best.

Dwight Yorke joined Andy Cole at Manchester United in 1998, forming one of the most formidable partnerships in Premier League history. In the 1998/99 season, the pair combined for 53 goals, helping United win the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup.

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The pair spent three years together at Old Trafford, scoring just under 130 goals between them. After the historic treble, Cole and Yorke helped United win two more Premier League titles.

Dennis Bergkamp had already established himself as an Arsenal great before the arrival of Thierry Henry. However, once the Frenchman joined in 1999, the pair formed an unstoppable partnership that toppled Manchester United's dominance.

With Bergkamp playing just off Henry in a 4-4-2 formation, the pair combined for 265 goals and 156 assists, per GiveMeSport. They won two Premier League titles, including the Invincibles season, and two FA Cups.

Sir Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush played together for Liverpool during the club's most successful spell in the 1980s. They created a partnership no defense could handle and won everything there was to win during the decade.

They scored 341 goals combined and won five First Division titles, two FA Cups, and two European Cup trophies. They have gone down to be two of Liverpool's best, and by the time Rush finished his career, he was Liverpool's all-time top scorer.

In 1987, AC Milan signed the Dutch duo of Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten to help restore the club's fortunes from the 1960s. With Gullit playing just off Van Basten, the pair led Milan to domestic and European dominance.

The Dutch duo won everything individually and as a team in six years. The pair scored 181 goals and won four Ballon d'Or's between them. They won back-to-back European Cups and three Serie A titles.

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Real Madrid has had some elite attacking partnerships, but none come close to that of Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas, who tormented defenses from 1958 until their retirements in 1967.

Di Stefano scored 216 league goals in 282 games for Real, and Puskas scored 242 goals in 262 games. Puskas scored four in the 1960 European Cup final, and Di Stefano scored three in Real's 7-3 victory. Together, they won four Spanish titles and two European Cups.

Sure, Neymar was part of the front three, but Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi were on the frontline, producing spectacular goals and assists in the six years they spent together in Spain.

The current Inter Miami duo played 258 games together at Barcelona, with a win percentage of 73%. In those 258 games, Messi scored 236 goals, Suarez scored 170, and both were involved in 99 goals. They won 13 major trophies, including four La Liga titles and one Champions League.

Between 1985 and 1992, Mexican Hugo Sanchez and Madrid graduate Emilio Butragueño fired Madrid to Spanish domination, including five La Liga titles in a row (1985-1990) and the UEFA Cup in 1986.

In their partnership, Sanchez was the lethal finisher (189 goals), and Butragueño played the flashy, more stylish creator (82 assists). However, they did chip in on both goals and assists, with Sanchez providing 40 assists and Butragueño scoring 107 goals, according to 90 Minutes.

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