Gameweek 2 of the 2024/25 Premier League season was another slate of fixtures filled with sublime team and individual performances.
Arsenal came through their trip to Villa Park unscathed as they kept pace at this early stage with Manchester City, who trounced Ipswich Town after being poked into action. Manchester United were beaten on the south coast, while there were wins for Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
But which players were the most crucial to their respective sides’ success? Here are 90min’s best players of Gameweek 2 in the 2024/25 Premier League.
Morgan Rogers was perhaps unfortunate to be on the losing side as Aston Villa were downed by Arsenal.
The home side couldn’t take any of their chances as Ollie Watkins misfired up front, but the marauding runs of Rogers meant they were always asking questions of the visiting backline.
They just couldn’t break through but the 22-year-old should still be encouraged by his performance, which was full of enthusiasm and confidence.
Brighton have been a bogey team for Manchester United in recent years and it was a former Red Devil who dealt his old side a hefty blow at lunchtime on Saturday.
Danny Welbeck has carved out a place for himself on the south coast and brought up 100 senior club goals by getting on the end of Kaoru Mitoma’s low cross.
The Seagulls won it late on through Joao Pedro but Welbeck’s restless running and poacher instincts got the ball rolling at the AMEX Stadium.
The comparisons with Thanos are obvious at this point. For Erling Haaland, scoring hat-tricks for Manchester City against newly promoted opposition is inevitable.
The Norwegian proved far too much for the Tractor Boys to handle, becoming truly riled and awakened after Kieran McKenna’s outfit had taken the lead.
Haaland rattled in a penalty and grabbed two more goals, with his third a low drive from outside the area.
Son Heung-min led from the front as Tottenham tore apart a wounded Everton in north London, scoring twice.
The South Korean was rewarded for some committed pressing as he robbed Jordan Pickford and tapped in and was later the beneficiary as Micky van de Ven hit the accelerator, getting his second with a finish at the near post.
Spurs were much more clinical than their opener against Leicester City as goals…
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