Three Best Players From The Premier League Gameweek 21 – Featuring Chelsea’s Super Wingback

Another week of Premier League action breezed past us this weekend and boy was it eventful! Everton completely dismantled Manchester City in their 4-0 annihilation of the Citizens at the Goodison Park, while Chelsea bounced back from their defeat to Tottenham in style, defeating last year’s champion Leicester City 3-0. Spurs continued their excellent run of games with a 4-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, while the fans were treated to a thrilling encounter at the Old Trafford between Manchester United and Liverpool that ended in a one-all draw.

Stoke City and West Ham United also chalked up impressive wins over Sunderland and Crystal Palace respectively, while Burnley continued their excellent home form with a 1-0 triumph over Southampton. Strugglers Hull City surprised Bournemouth with a 3-1 win in what was new manager Marco Silva’s first Premier League game in-charge. Another manager who made a bow this past weekend, Paul Clement did not enjoy a similar success as his Swansea City were thrashed 4-0 by Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium.

In what was an exciting week of football, filled with some scintillating individual performances, we pick out the top three performers of the week:

Harry Kane

The English striker was in hot form on Saturday as he laid siege upon the West Brom defence to take home the match ball.

Kane started the game with an easy miss four minutes into the game, but did not repeat his mistake after being teed up by Christian Eriksen to open the score for his team in the 12^th minute. He kept the pressure on the Baggies’ defence and if not for an inspired Ben Foster in goal, Kane would have added more goals to his name. However, he did manage to beat Foster in the 77^th minute with an emphatic volley from Kyle Walker’s cross, before completing his treble after slick play between him and Dele Alli, five minutes later.

Kane now has 13 goals in the Premier League, just one goal behind the leader Zlatan Ibrahimović and if the current form is anything to go by, the Englishman is going to score plenty more.

Marcos Alonso

The Spaniard was brought in by Chelsea on the deadline day and his signing was clouded with plenty of doubts and was largely branded as a panic buy from new manager Antonio Conte. However, Alonso has gone about silencing his doubters with some excellent displays for the league leaders throughout the season.

But his best performance so far in the Chelsea Blues’ came against Leicester City on Saturday. The left wing-back was in inspirational form, cutting in from the left-flank to devastating effect. Alonso scored the opener for the Blues in as early as the 6^th minute, before doubling his tally six minutes into the second-half. He should have had his hat-trick, but sent his volleyed effort whizzing past the post.

While he was a nuisance for the Foxes defence throughout the night, he never shied away from his defensive duties and was as solid as they come. His performance against Claudio Ranieri’s side was indicative of his growing confidence and influence at the Stamford Bridge.

Tom Davies

Not many would have heard of the teenager Tom Davies, but all that changed on Sunday afternoon, when the 18-year old gunned down Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City with an exhilarating display for Everton in the middle of the park at the Goodison Park.

The youngster outplayed one of the most expensive midfields in club football with his sheer energy and determination. Davies started off the move for the first goal for the Toffees, sliding in a lovely ball for Ross Barkley who squared it for Romelu Lukaku to score. Then the 18-year old made a crucial clearance off the goal line to deny Bacary Sagna and City the equalizer before capping off the excellent night with a wonderful chipped effort over Claudio Bravo to score his first-ever goal for Everton and their third on the night.

The sight of the Davies sending Yaya Toure off course with a neat flick and then evading his attempted tackle on the way to his goal was a sight to rejoice and Everton fans will be hoping for many more similar displays from their latest teen sensation.