🦁 Premier League Player of the Week: A new Egyptian king 👑 | OneFootball

There were so many outstanding individual performances over the last Premier League weekend that it is a difficult task to pick out the standout showing.

But with apologies to Mohamed Salah, our Player of the Week is...

Omar Marmoush (Manchester City)

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An Egyptian forward scoring a Premier League hat-trick is not an uncommon occurrence.

But the name of the player was different on Saturday afternoon when Manchester City's big January signing waltzed off the Etihad Stadium turf at the end of his side's 4-0 win over Newcastle clutching the match ball.

Omar Marmoush's sensational form for Eintracht Frankfurt in the first half of the season had earned him a €75m move to the Premier League champions last month but he didn't quite hit the ground running, failing to find the net in any of his first four appearances.

And then it all clicked against the Magpies as it took the 26-year-old just 14 minutes to bag himself a first half hat-trick with a ruthless display of finishing.

His first came with a sublime lob after capitalising on Kieran Trippier's misjudgement, the second was a well-taken low drive, before he made it three with a calm finish after being left unmarked in the centre of the area.

Surprisingly given his scoring exploits in Germany, it was the first treble of his senior career.

The speed of his 14-minute hat-trick made him the fourth fastest in club history in the top flight from first goal to the last, beaten only by Sergio Agüero, Carlos Tevez and Raheem Sterling.

It was also the first time in almost four years a City player scored three times in a single game who did not have the surname Haaland or Foden.

"A player with his quality and pace, I was pleased with the way he scored his goals. He missed chances against Leyton Orient but this time he was really good in the final third," Pep Guardiola said of his newest attacking star.

"We knew he would score goals sooner or later. He's a good finisher. Of course, he has to improve but now we see how he handles the compliments."

How is he handling those? By already focusing on his next victims.

"It’s just the beginning and we are looking forward to the next games," Marmoush warned. "I’m really happy that I helped the team but now the game is behind us and I'm looking forward to performing in the games we have next."

Look out Premier League. A new Egyptian king has been crowned.

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