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Gameweek 10 of the Premier League is over and it proved to be an absolute joy for the viewers. We saw records being broken in the opening game as Leicester city tore down the Southampton defence. We also saw the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United picking up regulation wins while Arsenal being held to a deflating draw at the Emirates. Also, in the big-ticket fixture of the round, we saw Liverpool edging out Tottenham at Anfield.
All these fixtures produced some amazing performances from certain individuals and that's what we're going to look into in this article.
Here we look at the top three performers from Matchday 10 of Premier League 2019/20.
Before we get started we need to make a few honourable mentions - Ayoze Perez, Ben Foster, Ben Chilwell, Paulo Gazzaniga and Marcus Rashford.
Note: To avoid redundancy, only one individual from one fixture has been chosen, otherwise the list would be full of Leicester players because they were outstanding against the Saints.
So without further ado, let's get started.
#1 Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
In the opening game of match-week 10, we saw the Foxes creating history as they fired nine past the Saints. They registered the biggest away victory by any club in the 131-year long history of the football league.
The Saints were hit with an early blow as Ryan Bertrand received his marching orders as soon as the Foxes scored their first goal. What followed next was an utterly shambolic performance by Southampton.
However, no matter how poor and lacklustre Southampton were, we can't ignore the fact that Leicester were at their absolute best and were firing on all cylinders. This could be established by the fact that two Leceister players grabbed a hat-trick in the same game.
It was a close call between the two players who grabbed their hat-trick but their chief attacking threat Jamie Vardy has to be named as the star performer of the game.
Arriving late to the party, Vardy didn't get on the scoresheet until the 5th goal but when he did, there was no stopping him. For his first goal, he used his guile to flick the ball away from Maya Yoshida leaving the Japanese defender completely baffled.
For his second, he showed his awareness slipping in between defenders going completely unmarked to head in a beautifully crossed ball by Ben Chilwell. The icing on the cake was his third which came through a spot-kick essentially being the last kick of the game.
Retirement from international football seems to be working in favour of the English forward as he has now become the top scorer in the League.
#2 Christian Pulisic (Chelsea)
The Blues visited the Turf Moor in search of their 4th consecutive league win, the first time since September of last year. The game was panning out to be a docile fixture for Frank Lampard and his boys as they cruised till the later stages of the game without any problems putting four past Burnley.
However, after the Clarets got their first goal in the 86th minute they shifted the gears and got a second one just three minutes later. Despite their efforts in the dying moments of the game, the damage had already been done as Chelsea came out as the victors.
Much to the delight of many Chelsea supporters, the star performer of the game was their 21-year old big-money signing Christian Pulisic. The young American forward introduced himself to the premier league with a bang after having a few unproductive games in the opening fixtures.
For his first goal, the young attacker made a powerful run towards the Burnley goal and then slotted past Pope from a tight angle, making himself the first American to score for Chelsea FC. In a similar fashion, he scored his second after marauding forward at the Burnley defence, the only difference being this time it was with his right foot.
The third one came off the back of his head completing a perfect hat-trick, left foot, right foot and a header. The last time someone scored a perfect hat-trick for Chelsea FC was someone named Didier Drogba. Things are looking bright for the West London side and their new young American recruit.
#3 Tim Krul (Norwich)
Before their visit to Carrow Road, Manchester United were winless in their last eight Premier League outings, drawing three and losing five. They brought an end to that awful run with a convincing win over the Canaries.
Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Scott McTominay all three found the back of the net for the Red Devils while the Canaries showed a little retaliation towards the end and got themselves a goal.
What seems like a conventional scoreline in retrospect could have been a thumping by the Red Devils had it not been for the man who stood between the sticks for the Canaries.
Despite his team's loss, the Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul made several stunning saves to keep his team in contention. Saving a penalty is the highest glory that a goalkeeper can achieve and Krul did just that, not once but twice in the same game. He certainly saved his side from an embarrassment.
