Mohamed Salah of Liverpool Club has topped the summit of Power Rankings by ousting Raheem Sterling of Manchester City atop the chart of the season. The Egyptian player recently hit a hat-trick to lead his club to a 4-0 win in the match held at Bournemouth. After scoring this hat-trick he leveled with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal who was also in the race of securing top spot with 10 goals in the Premier League.
Heung-Min Son of Tottenham emerged as the runner-up and secured the 2nd spot after he broke the deadlock in magnificent style before he assisted during a match in which they won with a 2-0 margin at Leicester, to head home second of Spurs.
West Jan’s Robert Snodgrass positioned 3rd in top 3 and continued his run of form in a 3-2 over the club of Crystal Palace with a splendid leveler. In his previous 2 games, he was already assisted with 3 goals in his pocket.
The veterans of football have expressed their views on this ranking system by saying that this will definitely enhance the performance of the players and will help to bring the best out of them. The more the competition will be tough the more the standard of the game will rise.
The methodology of power ranking while reflecting the performance of a player takes into account 34 different stats and awards points for them. Not only does it include the number of goals scored by a player but also includes his technique while assessing the performance of the player.