Liverpool hailed a brand new hero, Chelsea dished out a ruthless thrashing on the highway and Manchester Metropolis had been shocked by Tottenham at dwelling on one other dramatic Premier League weekend.
And our standout man from all the motion is…
Jurriën Timber (Arsenal)
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In Arsenal’s 5-0 thrashing of Leeds on Saturday night, it was surprisingly their flying right-back who did a lot of the harm.
With Bukayo Saka forward of him and Viktor Gyökeres main the road at dwelling for the primary time, many anticipated the primary attacking affect to return from them.
And whereas each males did get on the scoresheet, it was Timber who was the true star of the present with an impressive outing.
By the point all was stated and carried out, he’d registered two targets and an additional help to assist his facet keep their good begin to the marketing campaign on his first begin.
He began the scoring with an in depth vary header from a nook because the Gunners’ set-piece prowess got here to the fore once more earlier than his completely weighted by way of ball for Saka allowed him to drill dwelling emphatically.
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Timber made it a hat-trick of aim involvements within the second half with one of many scrappiest targets you may see this season, finally prodding dwelling from one other nook following a melee contained in the penalty space.
“It was a lovely day!” the delighted Dutchman advised Viaplay afterwards. “It feels a bit bizarre to be scoring two targets after which the digicam is following you in all places. I will should get used to it!
“I am actually pleased with this win. I had my household within the crowd too. It’s all the time particular to play in entrance of them so to attain is very nice. It was an extended summer season of rehabbing for me and I am glad the laborious work paid off.”
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Together with his damage points seemingly lastly behind him, this might now be the start of an extended and profitable Arsenal profession.
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