Top 5: Premier League Players of the Weekend

13th September 2016

Manchester City are now the only team with a 100 per cent winning record after their 2-1 win at Manchester United on Saturday afternoon.

Chelsea also lost their perfect start as they only managed to draw 2-2 at Swansea City.

Elsewhere; there were wins for Arsenal, AFC Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Watford, Liverpool and Everton.

But in a week full of big scores and surprising results, who were the top performers?

Here’s Shoot’s Top 5 Premier League Players of the Weekend…

5. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

The Brazilian opened the scoring and finished the rout as Liverpool dispatched champions Leicester City 4-1 in their first game at the redeveloped Anfield.

The 24-year-old was found by James Milner on the edge of the area, before taking the ball away from Robert Huth, giving himself enough space to pick out the bottom left corner to put the Reds one up.

Despite a horrendous error from Lucas Leiva which gifted Jamie Vardy a goal, Jürgen Klopp’s men ripped apart the Foxes which was exemplified when Sadio Mane rounded Kasper Schmeichel from 40 yards before finding Firmino who finished into an empty net.

4. Diego Costa (Chelsea)

The Brazilian-born Spanish striker netted twice, either side of two Swansea City goals, as he rescued a point for Antonio Conte’s side.

His first goal came midway through the first-half as he picked out the bottom corner after a neat touch and pass from Oscar.

However, second-half goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Leroy Fer put the Swans ahead, with Chelsea set to succumb to their first defeat of the season under their new boss.

Yet it was Costa who produced the heroics with the most acrobatic of overhead kicks to level the score.

3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

De Bruyne was in scintillating form as City demolished United in the first-half and continued to impress after the break.

The Belgian opened the scoring on the quarter-hour mark when he raced past Daley Blind after Kelechi Iheanacho had flicked the ball on with a header.

The 25-year-old was then influential with the second goal as his shot came back off the post for Iheanacho to tap into an unguarded net.

He was also denied by the woodwork late on as his direct running constantly put Jose Mourinho’s side on the back foot and ultimately resulted in getting the win.

2. Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur)

The South Korean winger struck his first goals of the season as Tottenham ran riot at Stoke City and won 4-0, just like they did back in April.

His first of two goals came just before the interval as he finished with a volleyed side-foot after excellent work from Christian Eriksen on the right wing.

The Dane then assisted Son’s second goal as he flicked the ball over Ryan Shawcross before driving forward and finding the 24-year-old who picked out the top corner with aplomb.

With 20 minutes remaining, the former Bayer Leverkusen player grabbed an assist for Harry Kane as he picked him out at the far post with a lovely through ball.

1. Romelu Lukaku (Everton)

Lukaku notched an 11-minute second-half hat-trick as he ended a six-month goal drought that lasted 1,139 minutes.

His first came on the hour mark as Idrissa Gueye’s deep cross found him unmarked at the far post.

The 23-year-old then saw an effort thunder back off the crossbar, but he wasn’t to be denied for long as he was once again able to head home when unmarked, this time being found from the left by Yannick Bolasie.

He then completed the first hat-trick of the Premier League season when he was played through by Kevin Mirallas and slotted under Jordan Pickford to complete the 3-0 victory at the Stadium of Light.