This was the weekend that Leicester confirmed their relegation and the race for the ultimate Champions League locations went thermonuclear.
However our Premier League Participant of the Week is …
Bryan Mbuemo (Brentford)
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Within the 30 plus-year historical past of the Premier League we have seen some unimaginable strike partnerships.
From Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole to Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, the English high flight has been affected by good twosomes.
This season although, one pair has shone above all others to maintain their aspect within the hunt for an unlikely European place come the tip of the time period.
That is Bryan Mbeumo and Yoanne Wissa who as soon as once more confirmed their undoubted class towards Brighton this previous weekend.
Seeing as that is the ‘Participant’ of the week somewhat than ‘Gamers’, it is Mbeumo who’s going to get our love, however it actually does appear perverse to separate them at this level.
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The Bees duo have been on lethal kind because the Seagulls got here to west London on Saturday and have been roundly trounced 4-1.
Each males discovered the again of the online with Wissa organising Mbeumo’s second and the Cameroon worldwide returning the favour quickly after.
It meant each scored throughout the identical sport for the seventh time this time period, closing in on an unlikely Premier League report.
Salah and Roberto Firmino (2018/19) and Salah and Mané (2021/22) are the present holders of the ‘video games scored in by crew mates throughout a single season’ report with 10.
It might not include a gold medal or certificates however it is a sign of how in-tune these gamers are with each other – one thing that Brentford boss Thomas Frank is aware of solely too properly.
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“That is an unimaginable achievement from the 2 of them,” Frank instructed the BBC after the win.
“Once you persistently over the previous six seasons have produced high scorers, that should be one thing we’re doing proper.
“I am pleased that Mbeumo is shining and is the primary man now for us. However I feel it is a duo.
“Wissa is implausible. He has scored truly extra open-play objectives than Brian. However Brian is the penalty taker, unbelievable at penalties, assists, work ethic, an unbelievable participant.”
With 5 video games to go and simply three factors off eighth-place Bournemouth, Frank and his workers will likely be hoping they will get much more out of the membership’s terrific two.
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