Palhinha named Premier League's Player of the Matchweek
Wed 27 August 2025, 14:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Joao Palhinha has been named the Premier League's Player of the Matchweek after his imperious display against Manchester City.
Making his full league debut for the Club at the Etihad Stadium as we ran out 2-0 winners to continue our 100 per cent start to the new campaign, Joao picked up where he left off in the top flight with a display full of tackles and interceptions.
Having made more tackles than any other player in the Premier League during his two years at Fulham (2022-2024) - Joao made 300 tackles in two seasons, 109 more than any other player - he added another four to that in the win in Manchester on Saturday.
Incredibly, despite spending an entire year away for England's top flight with Bayern in the Bundesliga, only two players have managed to overtake the midfielder in terms of the number of tackles made - Chelsea's Moises Caicedo (305) and Everton's Idrissa Gueye (303).
But Joao has much more than tackles and interceptions to his game, as Saturday showed - the Portugal international getting himself into the Manchester City box once we had turned over possession to fire our second goal home. That was goal number 850 on the road for us in the Premier League.
Watch Joao's best moments against Man City
And now our number six has been honoured for his efforts at the Etihad - and it is all thanks to your votes!
Yesterday, we put a call out to you the Spurs faithful to support Joao and cast a vote for him to become the Premier League's Player of the matchweek - and that is exactly what you did.
Having already named him your HSBC Player of the Match, you voted for the midfielder in your droves to a point where he ultimately won the contest by more than 10 per cent.
Joao took home 31% of the vote, edging Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha (22%) and Arsenal's Jurrien Timber (17%).
And it now means we have won each of the first two iterations of the prize with Richarlison having scooped the honour last week.
Congratulations, Joao!
