VOTE: Who was the best player of Matchweek 8?

We asked you to vote for the official Premier League Player of the Matchweek from a shortlist of eight

Matchweek 8 of the 2025/26 Premier League season featured some outstanding individual performances.

We picked out eight of the best and invited you to vote for your Premier League Player of the Matchweek.

You had until 12:00 BST on Wednesday 22 October to cast your vote. The result will be announced later.

Erling Haaland (Man City 2-0 Everton)

There is simply no stopping Haaland at the moment and Everton became the latest side punished by the in-form Norwegian.

Haaland took his tally to 96 Premier League goals by netting twice in five minutes at the Etihad Stadium. He opened the scoring with a clinical header, then struck his second with a first-time shot.

The Manchester City No 9 now has 11 Premier League goals for the season, the same amount as his two closest rivals for the Golden Boot combined.

Watch Haaland's Matchweek 8 highlights
Reece James (Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea)

The Chelsea captain was another player to impress against Forest, marking his 200th appearance for the Blues in style.

After rolling the ball to the side for Neto to curl in a free-kick, James completed the scoring as he smashed in a late third from a corner to help Enzo Maresca’s team move up to fifth.

Watch James' Matchweek 8 highlights
Junior Kroupi (Crystal Palace 3-3 Bournemouth)

Kroupi marked his full debut for Bournemouth in brilliant fashion, scoring two of their three goals at Selhurst Park.

The 19-year-old, starting in place of the injured Evanilson, showed superb instincts to head the ball in from close range, before composing himself to slot the ball in first time for his second.

Watch Kroupi's Matchweek 8 highlights
Harry Maguire (Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd)

It was a case of redemption for Maguire on Sunday, coming up with the decisive moment as Manchester United won at Liverpool for the first time in nearly a decade.

In last season's match at Anfield, Maguire missed a glorious chance that would have almost certainly won Man Utd the match, but he made no such mistake this time, rising highest to head a dramatic winner for the Red Devils.

Maguire's goal also meant that Man Utd have won successive Premier League matches under Ruben Amorim for the first time.

Watch Maguire's Matchweek 8 highlights
Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace 3-3 AFC Bournemouth)

Fresh off the back of scoring on his full international debut for France, Mateta continued his brilliance in front of goal with a hat-trick against Bournemouth.

With Palace trailing 2-0 at the break, Mateta scored twice in five second-half minutes and then kept his composure to equalise from the penalty spot in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

They were his first home goals in the Premier League this season and the second time he has scored a treble for the Eagles.

Watch Mateta's Matchweek 8 highlights
Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland 2-0 Wolves)

Sunderland secured another vital win at home and their performance owed much to French defender Mukiele, who was dominant at both ends of the pitch.

Mukiele put the Black Cats 1-0 ahead in the 16th minute when he slid the ball between the legs of Wolves goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. It was his first goal for the club since he joined from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.

In defence, he won 100 per cent of his aerial duels (7/7), as well as making several crucial interventions to deny the visitors.

Watch Mukiele's Matchweek 8 highlights
Pedro Neto (Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea)

Neto starred in Chelsea’s victory at the City Ground, assisting one goal and scoring the other.

First he delivered a brilliant cross for Josh Acheampong to head in the opener before getting on the scoresheet himself from a free-kick.

The Portuguese winger stepped up to curl a left-footed shot into the bottom corner from 20 yards for his second Premier League goal of the season.

Watch Neto's Matchweek 8 highlights
Bukayo Saka (Fulham 0-1 Arsenal)

The Arsenal talisman once again stood out with a lively display in attack as he constantly ran at Fulham left-back Ryan Sessegnon.

The 24-year-old consistently tested Marco Silva’s backline and it was his corner that led to Leandro Trossard scoring the only goal of the match as the Gunners returned to the top of the table.

Saka finished the match at Craven Cottage having won 14 duels, the second-most by any player in a Premier League match all season. He also created the second-most chances, with six.

Watch Saka's Matchweek 8 highlights

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