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Premier League Player of the Week: Sarr stars as Crystal Palace sink Spurs

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Ali Pollock

Published 3 months ago

Another set of midweek Premier League fixtures have passed ahead of a short break for the FA Cup fifth round, with some shock results at both ends of the table.

[p]One standout performance came from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a] forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaila Sarr[/a], who shone in his side's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=vwIIJTp9"]3-1 win away at struggling Tottenham Hotspur.[/a][/p][p]The Senegal international netted twice in the victory after first converting from the penalty spot and then coolly poking the ball home for his second just seven minutes later.[/p][p]Sarr's performance stretched beyond his goal involvements, with the forward also winning two tackles and seven duels to earn an 8.8 Flashscore player rating.[/p][image alt="Sarr v Spurs" id="dfd66ba3-8805-435a-8013-8fd722583ad5" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform / Action Images via Reuters" guid="41cf63b0-841d-4ca8-8796-f223541dd1e1" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]That rating was the highest of any performer during the latest round of fixtures, which makes Sarr our Premier League Player of the Week.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-premier-league-premier-league-team-of-the-week-joao-pedro-gabriel-and-summerville-all-star/jcN6u7JU/"]Check out our Premier League Team of the Week here![/a][/h2]

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