Chelsea continued their Premier League title charge by beating London rivals Arsenal 3-1 to maintain nine-point lead at the top of the table on Saturday.
Manchester City leapfrogged Arsenal into third place in the table after their late 2-1 victory over Swansea City at the Etihad Stadium.
While Manchester United remained sixth in the standings but they moved within two points of the top four with a comfortable 3-0 win over Leicester City.
The second-placed Tottenham needed Harry Kane’s 58th-minute penalty to keep their title race alive with a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.
In other game, Romelu Lukaku scored four goals, his first after just 30 seconds, as Everton beat Bournemouth 6-3 to secure their third win in four Premier League matches.
The Belgium International is now the Premier League’s top scorer with 16 goals, one ahead of Diego Costa, Alexis Sanchez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Like last week, Some of this season’s best performing players come from those top six sides.
Here are top five best-rated players in the Premier League so far this season, according to Whoscored.
5. Roberto Firmino – Liverpool – 7.57 Rating
The Brazilian forward had an awful game to forget in the weekend as Liverpool experienced a crushing 2-0 defeat to relegation-threatened Hull.
He has been one of Liverpool’s best players so far this season.
His excellent performance has seen him score eight goals and provide three assists in 23 Premier League appearances so far this season.
When he joined Liverpool in the summer 2015 from Hoffenheim, Firmino failed to meet expectations as his inability to combine with centre forward Christian Benteke drew criticism from the fans.
However, From the start of 2016, Firmino’s form improved under the new manager Jürgen Klopp as the German coach played him alone up front in a False 9 role.
4. Diego Costa – Chelsea – 7.63 Rating
Diego Costa’s improved form has been a positive for Chelsea this season.
He has been one of the Premier League’s best since joining Chelsea, and showed his class this season by helping the Blues to top the table.
His understanding with Eden Hazard and Pedro formed undoubtedly the best attacking trio in the Premier League this season.
The Spain International has scored 15 goals in 22 Premier League games so far this season.
Costa also won the Premier Player of the Month Award for November.
3. Paul Pogba – Manchester United – 7.72 Rating
Early this season, Paul Pogba saw his performances questioned following his £89m move to Manchester United.
But he has improved in recent weeks alongside Michael Carrick and Ander Herrera in a midfield three.
The Frenchman has scored four goals in 23 Premier League games, creating 44 chances and three assists..
He and other star summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic are playing a key role in Manchester United’s resurgence.
The Red Devils have now gone 15 games without suffering defeat in the Premier League, with their last loss in England’s top flight coming at the hands of Chelsea back in October.
2. Alexis Sánchez – Arsenal – 7.84 Rating
The Chilean forward is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world right now.
Sanchez has been in sublime form for Arsene Wenger’s side this season.
He has scored 15 goals in 25 appearances and provided 8 assists for Arsenal so far this campaign
1. Eden Hazard – Chelsea – 7.87 Rating
The 2015 Premier League player of the year has been absolutely magnificent once again this season.
Since Hazard’s arrival in the Premier League in 2012, he has been among the English Top Flight’s best performers in four of his five Chelsea campaigns.
The Belgium International endured such a miserable season last year when he failed to score a league goal until April.
But his excellent resurrection under Antonio Conte has been remarkable this season.
He has now scored 10 goals in 23 Premier League appearances and won eight Man of the Match awards.
Hazard tormented title rivals Arsenal on Saturday and scored, arguably, the goal of the season when he bamboozled the Gunners defence.
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