Week 5 of the 2024/25 European football season will be remembered for one thing: huge margins of victory.
In the Bundesliga we were gifted 5-1 and 5-0, in La Liga we saw another 5-1 and in Ligue 1 we were spoiled with a ridiculous 8-0 win by OGC Nice over a woeful Saint – Etienne side.
And after all that fun, we 90 minutes are back again to rank the best performing players on the continent this past weekend.
The most surprising result of the weekend, by a considerable distance, was Stuttgart’s 5-1. Borussia Dortmund.
No, by the way, it wasn’t a mistake. Stuttgart beat Borussia Dortmund 5-1. This is something that really happened.
And it happened thanks to Enzo Millot going Super Saiyan on the right flank.
The 22-year-old looked truly unstoppable on Sunday, scoring twice and setting up one of his own in the big win.
After being very shy at the weekend, Dortmund fans are probably looking longingly at Youssoufa Moukoko’s stats in OGC Nice’s 8-0 win over Saint-Etienne.
The forward, on loan from BVB, put in the best performance of his senior career at the weekend.
In his first outing for Nice, Moukoko achieved his first three-goal contribution for the club, scoring two goals and setting up one for his teammates. A beautiful
There were plenty of highly entertaining matches across Europe at the weekend, but Marseille’s 3-2 win over Olympique Lyonnais was undoubtedly the pick of the bunch.
A 95th-minute goal from Jonathan Rowe clinched a dramatic victory for a ten-man OM side on the night after Leonardo Balerdi was sent off in the fifth minute of the game and as the young Englishman dominated the headlines after the win , the real The protagonist of the match was Geronimo Rulli.
The Marseille goalkeeper was absolutely fantastic.
He made six saves in total across the intense 90 minutes, including a brilliant one to deny Alexandre Lacazette from the penalty spot.
After a relatively slow start to life a Real Madrid by his own lofty standards, Kylian Mbappe seems to have really found his stride now.
The French superstar turned in the best performance of his Los Blancos career so far at the weekend, showing both his finishing prowess by scoring a penalty and his willingness to be selfless and equalize for his team-mates by assisting the goal of Vinicius Junior in goal. Victory by 4-1 to Espanyol.
Just marked a double against Villarreal to take his goal tally for the season to seven in six League games, it’s fair to say Raphinha is in the form of his life right now.
His second goal in particular, a volley that bounced over Diego Conde, was a testament to how confident the Brazilian is right now. first class
Speaking of in-form players, here’s one of the most in-form strikers in Europe right now.
After scoring another brace in Sporting CP’s 3-0 win against AVS Futebol SAD at the weekend, Viktor Gyokeres has scored ten goals in just six Liga Portugal games.
This is totally crazy.
It’s been quite a week for Michael Olise.
After scoring his first UEFA Champions League game with a double, Olise proceeded to score another Bayern Munich5-0 win at Werder Bremen.
He didn’t just score a brace, though. He also scored two more goals for his teammates.
The 22-year-old has proven to be a great signing for Bayern so far.
