What a return to football by this week’s SOTW

They made their own luck. These are the players that were instrumental in their team’s performance over the past weekend.

As it is with every other week, picking the outright brightest star is never easy, and sometimes blinding. There were many bright spots over the weekend, but these are the men that were able to make our list.

The final shortlist for #SOTW included…

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich vs Augsburg) – German Bundesliga
Raffael (Hertha Berlin vs Borussia Monchengladbach) – German Bundesliga
Diego Perotti (Roma vs Lazio) – Italian Serie A
Callum Wilson (AFC Bournemouth – Huddersfield Town) – English Premier League
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool vs Southampton) – English Premier League
Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur) – English Premier League
Eden Hazard (West Bromwich Albion vs Chelsea) – English Premier League
Luis Suarez (Leganes vs Barcelona) – Spanish La Liga
Max Kruse (Werder Bremen vs Hannover 96) – German Bundesliga

But the SOTW will have to go to
Paul Pogba
(Manchester United vs Newcastle United) – English Premier League

His return from injury confirmed his importance to Manchester United and their title race. He assisted and scored a goal to help Manchester United come from a goal down to thrash Newcastle United.