GoalkeeperHERVE KOFFI (Charleroi/Burkina Faso)The 25-year-old Burkinabe international is one of Africa’s best goalkeepers. He spent four years on the books of LOSC Lille after the French club brought him from Ivorian giants ASEC Mimosas in 2017. He’s now a first team regular at Belgian club Charleroi Sporting Club and was again one of the best-rated players as his team beat Zulte Waregem away from home to clim into fifth place in the standings.DefenceKEVIN AKPOGUMA (Hoffenheim/Nigeria)The Nigerian was a big part of Hoffenheim’s effective win in Leverkusen. He was up against the likes of Moussa Diaby, Patrick Schick and Adam Hložek and passed the test with flying colors and a clean sheet. His pass accuracy was 73%, while winning every ground and areal duel coming his way.🇬🇭 Mohammed Salisu vs Leicester City:• 90 minutes played• 63 touches• 36 passes completed • 4 long passes completed• 4/5 ground duels won• 3 tackles• 3 clearances• 2/2 aerial duels won • 1 interceptionStopped the Vardy Party 🤫 pic.twitter.com/YsfhPupqPw— Nana Boateng Tv (@tvboateng1) August 21, 2022 MOHAMMED SALISU (Southampton/Ghana)Much more than a centre-back. Together with Che Adams, Salisu was the key Saints’ player in a 2-1 away victory at Leicester. His heat map shows Salisu was all over the place, engaging himself even in the midfield with lots of success.OMAR COLLEY (Sampdoria/Gambia)The Gambian defender was trusted with covering Juve’s most dangerous striker. The result? Sampdoria kept a clean sheet against Juve, and Vlahović was completely cut off. He had only nine contacts with the ball during the whole game. Good work!RAMY BENSEBAINI (Borussia Moenchengladbach/Algeria)That was a pure defending masterclass delivered by the Algerian left-back in a 1-0 home win against Hertha. Seven clearances, a dozen of tackles, plenty of aerial and ground duels won – that’s the summary of Bensebaini’s week.MidfieldISMAEL BENNACER (AC Milan/Algeria)The 2019 AFCON Best Player produced a masterclass in the Rossoneri midfield and completed the performance with a well-taken goal that gave the Serie A champions a 1-1 draw at the inspired Atalanta on Sunday night. Every Milan attack went through the Algerian’s legs and the respecable Gazzetta Dello Sport raved about him, making him the man of the match.Compteur but débloqué cette saison pour Seko Fofana et @Westar974 ⚽️#ASMRCL #FierDEtreLensois pic.twitter.com/bNwCR0caQj— Racing Club de Lens (@RCLens) August 21, 2022 SEKO FOFANA (RC Lens/Ivory Coast)Les Lensois captain was all action as his team scored an impressive victory away at Monaco. The strong midfielder scored a penalty, delivered an assist and had 80% successful passes in the final third as his team romped to a 4-1 success at Stade Louis II. The 27-year-old was linked with wealthy English clubs in the transfer window but has decided to stay at Lens, much to sheer delight of coach Franck Haise.JEFFREY SCHLUPP (Crystal Palace/Ghana)Like the rest of Vieira’s squad, the Ghanian player was exquisite in a 3-1 win against Villa. He even netted for 2-1, but the goal was disallowed after the VAR check due to an inches-wide offside. Omnipresent on the right, reliable both in offence and defence.Attack🥇 Harry Kane – 15 🥇 Son Heung-min – 15🥈 Wilfried Zaha – 12Only the Tottenham duo have scored more Premier League goals than Wilfried Zaha in 2022.👏 pic.twitter.com/r3XnYKQm46— Football Daily (@footballdaily) August 21, 2022 WILFRIED ZAHA (Crystal Palace/Ivory Coast)There was never a doubt about Zaha’s class, but these first few games prove the experienced striker has not yet shown all of his qualities. After being one goal down against Villa, his brace pushed the Eagles to a remarkable comeback.Bayern humiliate Bochum, Mane scores a braceSADIO MANE (Bayern/Senegal)If you’ve been watching Bayern rout Bochum in the Bundesliga on Sunday afternoon, you’re probably still feeling a little sorry for any team that has played the Bavarians or is yet to face them. They scored seven, the former Liverpool man got two and looked in absolutely lethal form.⚫🔵 Statistiques de Karl Toko Ekambi face à Troyes. 🎯 pic.twitter.com/Zf8zwsnmxp— 🅛🅐 🅣🅐🅝🅘🅔🅡🅔²³⁷🦁 (@lataniere237) August 21, 2022 KARL TOKO EKAMBI (Olympique Lyon/Cameroon)The Cameroonian forward recreated some of his earlier immaculate performances in a landslide 4-1 win against Troyes. Albeit he didn’t score, Toko Ekambi’s numbers speak for themselves: 36 accurate passes, 2 long balls, 2 crosses.
