Top 3 & Worst 3 Performers of the Week and Goal of the Week: EPL 14/15 Week 6

Week 6 has just passed and here The Writer offers his view on the key performers and performances of the week that are worth mentioned. The award goes to...

Top 3 Performers of the Week

Gold Medal (1st): Yannick Bolasie

Whoever is yet to know Yannick Bolasie, sure have to do it now. He is better than Wilfried Zaha, definitely. Manchester United should actually buy him rather than Zaha last year. Bolasie is as quick as Zaha but his style and skills are a way above Zaha. In the match against Leicester, he showed those speed, style, and skills in abundance. Even in front of Leicester’s goal post. He got composure too. Opposition defenders were tricked by his movement all day and he was the main reason why Leicester cannot continue their impressive winning form.

Silver Medal (2nd): Willian

Much has been said about Diego Costa’s 8^th goal of the season against Aston Villa. But the one who’s star shined the most in that match was Willian the Brazilian. He showed in this match on why Mourinho always love him rather than Mo Salah. Willian is a not typical flashy Brazilian but he worked hard for the team. Nevertheless, he can attack brilliantly too. He scored a goal and got an assist in a game where Chelsea dominated for majority of the time.  

Bronze Medal (3rd): Mario Balotelli

This choice is surely not other people’s preference. But The Writer cannot resist to pick Balotelli. Yes he did not score any goal. However his game play was absolute class. He also was very willing to chase the ball all over the pitch and he was the cause of Gerrard getting a free-kick to score. People should be more relax on him on this evidence. He is improving and he also slowly changes his attitude. Brendan Rodgers should actually not risking Balotelli in a tense derby game like this, but Balotelli manage to control his temper admirably. At least for the time being.

  

Worst 3 Performers of the Week

Rubbish (1st): Wayne Rooney

Player who got a red card will always be considered to receive the worst performer of the week award. And Rooney more than deserved this rubbish award. How can you kick someone and then declared it as an overacted foot trip? He deserved his 3 match ban too.

Scrapped Paper (2nd): Eliaquim Mangala

Mangala should know by now that there is never an easy game in the English Premier League. A top class performance last week against Chelsea was followed by this bad one against Hull City. Maybe he forgot to train as hard as he did last week. An own goal and a foul for opposition penalty was too bad for a player of his potential.

Reject Paper (3rd): Sean Dyche

This is a surprise choice. For the first time, a manager is on the list of worst performer. But Sean Dyche cannot feel sorry for himself. His Burnley was beaten comfortably by West Brom and they still have not managed a win for the new season. Worst part is they have the most difficult barren spell of scoring goals. Dyche needs to pressure his strikers to start scoring. If not, Burnley will go down relegated easily.

Goal of the Week

The best goal of this week 6 goes to Charlie Austin. And also Graziano Pelle. Yes, we have two winners for this week. Both goals were beautiful and they were both made in the same match. It is very difficult for The Writer to choose which is better. The goal scored by Austin was absolute high in technicality. The way he quickly took 2 steps in just a short time to shoot the ball was brilliant, and the ball was not even dropped to the floor. It was a striker’s dream goal. The goal scored by Pelle was also good in term of technicality. Whoever can score a bicycle kick goal can be considered a good striker. It was a difficult goal but striker like Pelle made it so simple. And yet so beautiful.