Premier League Best Midfielders at Halfway Mark
CDM- Fernandinho (Manchester City): Brazilian axle Fernandinho is part of a small elite of players making hay of their advancing age.
At 32, this Samba Boy remains the English Premier League’s best holding midfielder.
His protection for City’s back four, while simultaneously serving as a springboard for counterattacks is best noticed when he’s absent from the team. Fernandinho is the ‘ ‘Invisible Wall’ that makes Pep Guardiola’s well oiled juggernaut tick.
RW- Raheem Sterling (Manchester City): Can’t wrap my mind around Sterling’s England bogey.
Why can’t the English press just admit that the Three Lions inability to get the best out of Sterling has nothing to do with him.
As this speed merchant showed in October’s 3-2 obliteration of Spain in front of their own fans, he is top drawer. If City are to retain their title, it will be in no small measure courtesy of his red-hot form.
CAM- Eden Hazard (Chelsea): Belgian star Hazard started the season like a rocket, briefly topping scoring charts, before a spell on the sidelines slowed him down.
All the same, he leads the league for chances created and goal involvement. The Belgian currently has 11 goals for the Londoners in the Premier League and has been influential since the start of the season for the Blues.
For Maurizio Sarri’s Londoners to qualify for next season’s Champions League, they need Hazard fit and firing on all cylinders. Simple as that. The Chelsea man has been playing well in the false now position for Chelsea scoring a number of goals for the blues.
LW-Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): Egyptian Pharaoh Salah had a low key start to this campaign mostly due to the shoulder injury he suffered in last season’s Champions League final. But he’s now back with a bang and the Kop love him to bits.
His thirteen goals put him right in the thick of a fascinating race for the Golden Boot with only a goal behind current Premier League top scorer Arsenal’s Aubameyang
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