Premier League 2017-18: Best player from each of the Top 6

#1 Manchester City: Kevin de Bruyne

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Manchester City players on the field have displayed Pep Guardiola’s philosophy of playing free-flowing, easy-to-the-eye, attacking brand of football this season. However, Guardiola has been able to instil this philosophy only due to the presence of their midfield lynchpin Kevin de Bruyne. The Belgian has been at the centre of everything that has flowed on the field for Manchester City.

De Bruyne’s vision has helped him break the stringiest of defence in the Premier League with his through-balls. The Belgian’s passing has enabled the likes of Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero to score off chances. De Bruyne has regularly pulled the strings at the centre of the park and his interlinking and understanding with his teammates has been brilliant too.

The former Chelsea lad has scored timely goals too, as his long-distance shooting has been extremely accurate as such. He scored important goals against Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham and that goes on to highlight the kind of influence that he has had in big matches.

In 34 appearances in the Premier League, de Bruyne has scored eight goals whilst having created 103 goal-scoring chances too. 15 of those chances resulted in assists and that is accordingly the highest in the league so far. De Bruyne has enjoyed a 57% success rate in taking on opponents and has recorded 84% passing accuracy too.

58% of his passes have been in the forward direction, and that shows that De Bruyne is regularly keen to move the ball forward and to initiate attacks from the centre of the park. He has excelled whilst playing as a central midfielder in a three-man midfield, or also as a wide forward on the right side on some occasions.

Manchester City's title triumph wouldn't have been possible without De Bruyne's enviable form.

Honourable Mention: David Silva