Amad Diallo (Manchester United): The Anfield draw was a coming-of-age game for Diallo. Every now and then you have a game where everyone goes ‘there he is’ and to do it for Manchester United against Liverpool, who are flying high and everyone thought they’d win by six or seven, he was excellent. The problem he’ll have now is that everyone will expect him to deliver those performances week on week. At such a young age everyone will start to look at him as being the main man under this manager so he has a lot of pressure on his shoulders coming soon, but for now let’s just appreciate how well he’s doing.
Raul Jimenez (Fulham): I could’ve given this to Alexander Isak again because he scored and showed the level he’s at, but Jimenez got two goals – yes they were both penalties but you still have to score them. He led the line well and he has to start scoring on a consistent basis for Fulham to get into Europe, which I believe they can. He is Mexico’s all-time Premier League goalscorer and he also came back from a horrific injury, so it’s great to see him doing really well.
Savinho (Manchester City): Another coming-of-age game. Lovely bit of trickery to create the first goal with a deflected cross that goes in. He absolutely tore West Ham apart down the right-hand side and caused problems all day. He got the assist for Erling Haaland’s goal with his cross that the keeper and the defender both thought they could get, but they couldn’t. Really positive for him but we need to see that more regularly.
