There have been so many excellent particular person performances during the last Premier League weekend that it’s a troublesome job to pick the standout displaying.
However with apologies to Mohamed Salah, our Participant of the Week is…
Omar Marmoush (Manchester Metropolis)
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An Egyptian ahead scoring a Premier League hat-trick will not be an unusual prevalence.
However the identify of the participant was completely different on Saturday afternoon when Manchester Metropolis’s large January signing waltzed off the Etihad Stadium turf on the finish of his aspect’s 4-0 win over Newcastle clutching the match ball.
Omar Marmoush’s sensational type for Eintracht Frankfurt within the first half of the season had earned him a €75m transfer to the Premier League champions final month however he did not fairly hit the bottom working, failing to search out the online in any of his first 4 appearances.
After which all of it clicked towards the Magpies because it took the 26-year-old simply 14 minutes to bag himself a primary half hat-trick with a ruthless show of ending.
His first got here with a chic lob after capitalising on Kieran Trippier’s misjudgement, the second was a well-taken low drive, earlier than he made it three with a peaceful end after being left unmarked within the centre of the world.
Surprisingly given his scoring exploits in Germany, it was the primary treble of his senior profession.
The velocity of his 14-minute hat-trick made him the fourth quickest in membership historical past within the prime flight from first objective to the final, crushed solely by Sergio Agüero, Carlos Tevez and Raheem Sterling.
It was additionally the primary time in nearly 4 years a Metropolis participant scored 3 times in a single recreation who didn’t have the surname Haaland or Foden.
“A participant together with his high quality and tempo, I used to be happy with the best way he scored his targets. He missed probabilities towards Leyton Orient however this time he was actually good within the remaining third,” Pep Guardiola stated of his latest attacking star.
“We knew he would rating targets eventually. He is a very good finisher. After all, he has to enhance however now we see how he handles the compliments.”
How is he dealing with these? By already specializing in his subsequent victims.
“It’s only the start and we’re wanting ahead to the following video games,” Marmoush warned. “I’m actually completely happy that I helped the crew however now the sport is behind us and I am wanting ahead to performing within the video games now we have subsequent.”
Look out Premier League. A brand new Egyptian king has been topped.
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