Gameweek 25 of the 2025-26 Premier League season brought a lot of drama.
There was a late winner and even later controversy as Manchester City came from behind to beat Liverpool at Anfield. The Citizens needed to win to keep their Premier League title hopes alive after Arsenal’s comfortable win over Sunderland.
Manchester United and Chelsea also continued their winning runs without victories over struggling Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers, respectively.
And the Red Devils have three players in our Squawka Score Team of the Week for Gameweek 25.
The Squawka Score is our proprietary performance rating, combining multiple Opta stats into a single percentage. It benchmarks players against their positional peers, allowing quick comparisons. Learn more about how it works here: https://www.squawka.com/en/news/squawka-score-explained/
Read the Squawka Score 2025-26 Premier League Team of the Week for Gameweek 28 here.
GK: Mads Hermansen (West Ham)
- Squawka score: 82%
Mads Hermansen earned a surprise recalled to West Ham United’s team but is well worth his spot in this XI. The Dane prevented 1.21 goals to help West Ham keep a clean sheet against Burnley. He made five saves in total, catching two crosses and making one punched clearance.
Honourable mention: Emiliano Martinez (82%)
There was no clean sheet for Emiliano Martinez but he did make seven saves and help Aston Villa to a point at Bournemouth.
RB: Diogo Dalot (Man Utd)
- Squawka score: 74%
Diogo Dalot was strong at both ends of the pitch for Man Utd in their win over Tottenham. The right-back set up Man Utd’s second goal and was awarded an intentional assist for it — a metric used to better assess a player’s creativity. He also compleyed 100% of his open-play crosses and nine passes into the final third. Defensively, Dalot won three tackles and blocked one cross.
Honourable mention: Matheus Nunes (70%)
Matheus Nunes won the crucial penalty for Man City in their win over Liverpool. He also made a whopping seven clearances.
CB: James Hill (Bournemouth)
- Squawka score: 75%
Bournemouth may have conceded against Aston Villa, but it could have been worse if not for James Hill. The centre-back made an interception in his own box alongside nine clearances. He also made three interceptions overall and won three aerial duels. In fact, Hill won 100% of his ground duels, proving impossible to beat on the floor.
Honourable mention: Lisandro Martinez (72%)
Lisandro Martinez completed an incredible 19 passes into the final third against Tottenham Hotspur. He also won two tackles and made two interceptions retaining possession.
CB: Olivier Boscagli (Brighton)
- Squawka score: 76%
Another centre-back making the team despite winning, Olivier Boscalgi was the best of Gameweek 25. He won three aerial duels and made three interceptions retaining possession at the heart of Brighton and Hove Albion’s defence. Boscagli won 75% of his duels both aerial and ground, while also winning possession seven times in the defensive third. He was also attributed with two successful offside traps.
Honourable mention: Maxence Lacroix (72%)
Maxence Lacroix was on the winning side of the game against Boscagli, making seven clearances and blocking two shots.
LB: El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham)
- Squawka score: 73%
El Hadji Malick Diouf has been a standout for West Ham this season and was again in the win at Burnley. He created one big chance and provided an intentional assist with an inch-perfect cross for West Ham’s second goal. He also made four clearances, three interceptions and completed five passes into the final third.
Honourable mention: Marc Cucurella (70%)
Marc Cucurella was another left-back to provide an assist, setting up Cole Palmer’s hat-trick goal against Wolves.
DM: Kobbie Mainoo (Man Utd)
- Squawka Score: 79%
Kobbie Mainoo looked excellent at the base of Man Utd’s midfield in their win over Tottenham. He was reliable as ever on the ball, boasting a retention rate of 91% — that’s the percentage of touches that are not losing possession. Mainoo completed 93.98% of his open play passes including eight completed into the final third and 15 forward overall. He also provided an assist for Man Utd’s opener.
Honourable mention: Mateus Fernandes (75%)
Mateus Fernandes won three tackles and made two interceptions retaining possession for West Ham in their win over Burnley.
DM: Moises Caicedo (Chelsea)
- Squawka Score: 76%
Moises Caicedo was very busy in Chelsea’s midfield during their win over Wolves. As the Blues were overrun for large parts, Caicedo won five tackles and made two interceptions retaining possession. If it weren’t for Caicedo, who knows what might have happened. Caicedo was also excellent on the ball, with a retention rate of 96.55% and 96.04% open-play passing accuracy.
Honourable mention: Martin Zubimendi (75%)
Martin Zubimendi completed 94% of his open-play passes for Arsenal against Sunderland. He also opened the scoring in the 3-0 victory.
RW: Dango Ouattara (Brentford)
- Squawka score: 76%
Dango Ouattara scored one and provided one intentional assist for Brentford in their thrilling win over Newcastle United. He was though to beat with 100% success in his take-ons and two big chances created. Ouattara also had eight touches in the opposition box and had just two unsuccessful touches.
Honourable mention: Jadon Sancho (68%)
Jadon Sancho provided an intentional assist and created two chances for Aston Villa in their draw with Bournemouth.
No.10: Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)
- Squawka score: 81%
Bruno Fernandes continued his excellent form for Man Utd. He wrapped up the weekend’s win over Tottenham, scoring with one of his two shots on target. The Man Utd captain created one big chance and posted 0.83 non-penalty post-shot Expected Goals. He also completed 23 final third passes and created six chances overall. What a performance it was.
Honourable mention: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (71%)
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored Everton’s late winner against Fulham, and also created one big chance.
LW: Crysencio Summerville (West Ham)
- Squawka score: 73%
It was another good performance for Crysencio Summerville. The West Ham man scored against Burnley, from one of his two efforts on target. But Summerville was more of a ball winner than a creator, with six ball recoveries. Although he did have seven touches in the opposition box.
Honourable mention: Noah Okafor (69%)
Noah Okafor scored for Leeds United with his only shot on target against Nottingham Forest.
FW: Erling Haaland (Man City)
- Squawka score: 75%
Erling Haaland was very involved in Man City’s comeback against Liverpool — even if he was quiet for most of the match. The Norwegian had three shots on target including the winning penalty, for his first ever Premier League goal at Anfield. Haaland had earlier assisted Bernardo Silva’s equaliser, and had nine touches in the opposition box.
Honourable mention: Tolu Arokodare (73%)
Tolu Arokodare scored a consolation goal for Wolves against Chelsea, posting two shots on target and 0.9 non-penalty post-shot xG.