– GOALKEEPER (1):
Manuel Riemann (ALE/Bochum): His influence on the goals of his team, Bochum, in the 1-2 victory against Hoffenheim made him the goalkeeper of the day. Connected in both goals with Takuma Asano, his phenomenal 60-meter pass on the brink of half an hour, which the Japanese international then turned into a goal after a stupendous forehand, and his 51-meter long shot also towards him in the 1 -2 promoted the triumph of their group, installed in a calm zone. Even later he starred in a decisive stop.
– DEFENSES (3):
Jonny Otto (ESP/Wolwerhampton): Already recovered from a knee injury, back in competition for just a month, the Spanish winger has already earned a place in Wolwerhampton’s starting eleven, in which he has played five games in a row as starter, the last three complete and the two most recent with goals. This Saturday, his precious volley with his right foot after a series of rebounds opened the victory for his team, which is running as a contender to play European competition next season.
Joachim Andersen (DIN/Crystal Palace): The Danish international defender scored two of the three goals with which his team beat Arsenal (3-0) on Monday. In the 16th minute, when he headed Mateta 1-0, by returning a long shot to the center of the area that he caught at the far post; in minute 24 his service was fantastic, with a perfect pass, surprising, from the midfield line, to Jordan Ayew’s unmarking for 2-0. Arsenal loses ground in the fight for Champions League places.
Matt Doherty (IRL/Tottenham): Five wins in the last six rounds put Antonio Conte’s Tottenham in the Champions League race. The Italian coach’s team is already working, with the Irish winger consolidated in the eleven in each of those games, with two goals and three assists, moreover, in that route. This Sunday, in the resounding comeback against Newcastle (5-1), he scored 2-1 at the start of the second half, with a good uncheck and definition with his head down the left lane (he moved his demarcation to the band in this duel, because he usually plays on the right) to a pass from Kane.
– MIDFIELDER (4):
Pedri González (Barcelona): His great goal, when he knocked out both Ivan Rakitic and Diego Carlos with a feint and a cut to unleash an unattainable right hand for one of the best goalkeepers in LaLiga Santander, Bono, propelled Barcelona to the second position in the table with his 1-0 victory against Sevilla, while the praise is unanimous towards the Spanish youth midfielder, whose progression proposes him to be one of the best in the world. “Whenever I see a leg in front I cut and since I shoot I know it goes inside,” he valued.
Leon Goretzka (ALE/Bayern Munich): Injured since December, he reappeared this Saturday with the Bundesliga with one of the goals in Bayern Munich’s victory over Freiburg (1-4) which may not be such if his rival’s claim succeeds because the leader of the Bundesliga played 17 seconds with twelve men due to a mistake. Goretzka made it 0-1 at the start of the second half, heading in a cross from Josuha Kimmich. He had not played any of the last thirteen days.
Vitaly Janelt (ALE/Brentford): The blow at Chelsea’s home led to the signature of Brentford, who thrashed them 1-4, and the 23-year-old German midfielder, an international in the lower categories of the German team. He scored two goals that reaffirm his technique. The first, with a tight shot with the left as soon as he entered the area, in the 50th minute for 1-1 at Stamford Bridge; the second, 1-3 in the 60th, with a subtle touch against the rival goalkeeper. In between, Eriksen had made it 1-2.
Konrad Laimer (AUT/Leipzig): At the Signal Iduna Park, Leipzig thrashed Borussia Dortmund 1-4. It was the best response to hold on to their Champions League place, even three points behind third-place Bayer Leverkusen. The Austrian midfielder scored two goals (the 0-1, in minute 20, by perfectly scoring a play in which he intervened in the recovery and in the definition, and the 0-2, in minute 30, with a shot) and He gave another one, 0-3 to Nkunku, with a beautiful heel left behind.
– FORWARDS (3):
José Luis Morales (ESP/Levante): Four months later, Levante is no longer bottom of the table in the Spanish League due to its victory against Villarreal and its ‘commander’ Morales, author of the two goals of the victory that revives the faith of his team that permanence is still possible.
Beto (POR/Udinese): The Portuguese center forward was the undisputed protagonist of Udinese’s comeback against Cagliari (5-1). His were 2-1, 3-1 and 5-1 to break his streak of nine games without scoring and increase his records in the current Serie A to eleven goals.
Kylian Mbappe (FRA/Paris Saint Germain): While assessing “new elements” to make a decision about his future, between continuing at PSG or signing for Real Madrid, he again showed all his potential in the 5-1 against the Lorient. He scored two goals, gave another three (two to Neymar and one to Messi) and confirmed that nobody seems as definitive as him in today’s football.
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