English Premier League Table Results: Leicester, Arsenal, Manchester City

We examine the early front-runners for the PFA Player of the Year… “Can they last the whole season?” “That’s life so I don’t care, I don’t mind”.

Here, WhoScored.com reveal the most improved XI based on their statistical ratings, with players needing to have made at least 10 appearances this season and last.

No player has had a direct hand in more goals in England’s top-flight this season, with Mahrez leading the way in terms of dribbles (50) too.

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Ighalo netted his ninth goal in 15 Premier League games this season but he certainly could have had more as he finished the match with six shots on target. It has been a season of shocks and surprises already, despite being just 13 weeks old, and it feels as if every week there is always one or two results that have you contemplating just how hard the league has become.

Jamie Vardy’s partner in crime.

“It’s not important who scores, it’s important that the team scores and that the team plays well”.

All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find live in-game data as well as player and team ratings. Alberto Monreno and Daniel Sturridge played well in the game Liverpool’s game this week as well. Arnautovic nearly doubled his goal total for the season and is now up to five in 14 games this season.

Any run Liverpool put together in the new year will be largely dependent on the affect of the former Inter Milan winger.

Scored twice and was inches from recording a hat-trick as he showed his quality to defeat Manchester City. Vardy and Mahrez’s collective (24) goals this season boasts of a partnership that has threatened to take shine out of the big guns.

Now 22, Ross Barkley is beginning to add the kind of consistency to his game that had kept him as a “one to watch”.

Deployed at left-back in the most part, the Irish worldwide has seen his tackles per game double this season to 3.3, while also offering a greater threat going forward.

Partnering the Belgian in this XI, Barkley has had a fantastic start to the 2015-16 campaign.

It’s not just goals, assists and heroic clearances that impress.

Lesser professionals would have allowed the embarrassing debacle that scuppered David de Gea’s move to Real Madrid affect their performances on the pitch.

United fans can seek comfort in their superb defensive record but Rooney’s freaky form, Martial’s inexperience, Van Gaal’s odd team selections and inability to earn wins over weaker sides make United a side that won’t be champions come May.

Since returning to from exile to the United line-up, de Gea has overseen six clean sheets in his eleven appearances. We may have seen the end of an era where foreign players dreamed of displaying their skills in the most competitive league in the world.