Tottenham's Dele Alli tops Sky Sports Power Rankings

By Adam Smith

Tottenham's Dele Alli has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings this week.

The 20-year-old scored both goals during Spurs' 2-0 win over Chelsea at White Hart Lane on Wednesday to end the Blues' 13-game win streak - his seventh goal in four games.

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Team-mates Harry Kane (No 4, up 25 places), Christian Eriksen (No 5, down two places) and Danny Rose (No 7, up one place) were all among the top 10 following five back-to-back victories since mid-December.

Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic topped the chart over Christmas but slipped to No 2 this week, despite scoring his 13th goal of the season to secure a 2-0 win over West Ham on Monday.

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United's Paul Pogba (No 3, up three places) and Ander Herrera (No 8, up 24 places) were also among the top performers, with Pogba scoring and assisting Anthony Martial during the 2-1 win over Middlesbrough on New Year's Eve.

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Image: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba made the Power Rankings top 10 this week

Arsenal's Olivier Giroud stormed up the rankings to No 6 after assisting Alexis Sanchez (No 13, up eight places) and Lucas Perez (No 79, up 141 places) before scoring a late equaliser to draw 3-3 with Bournemouth on Tuesday.

The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player's performance by awarding points to players for 32 different matchday stats.

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Below, we present this week's Power Rankings, your club's top points scorer and the accumulative season rankings.

The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every Tuesday during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers...

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