The 6 best players of Premier League Gameweek 31 - ranked

Once the clocks go forward in the UK, we truly enter the last knockings of a Premier League season.

The action hasn't disappointed thus far, with a full round of midweek fixtures serving us up plenty of treats, thrills and spills.

Here are the best players from Gameweek 31, ranked.

Due to injuries and other players climbing up the pecking order, Emile Smith Rowe has seldom been afforded meaningful game time since his impressive breakout campaign of 2021/22.

He was given a rare start for Arsenal's meeting with Luton Town on Wednesday night and he grabbed the opportunity by the horns, dancing his way through midfield to deliver a performance which proves he has a use in this title run-in.

Nottingham Forest's fast start in Tuesday's meeting with Fulham forced visiting manager Marco Silva into a triple substitution in the first half.

The Reds were already 2-0 up at that point in large part thanks to the efforts of Morgan Gibbs-White, who assisted Callum Hudson-Odoi's opener and then grabbed a goal for himself to extend the lead to three before the break.

Tosin Adarabioyo grabbed a consolation after the interval but the damage, largely inflicted by Gibbs-White, had already been done.

For the first half of the season, Alexis Mac Allister looked rather lost in Liverpool's midfield.

But the Argentine World Cup winner has looked like his old self in the last few months, stepping up when it matters most and cementing his status as one of Jurgen Klopp's key players.

Mac Allister's rise continued on Thursday with a thumping strike in Liverpool's 3-1 triumph at home to Sheffield United, putting the Reds back in front late on when they needed a real moment of inspiration to break down their dogged visitors.

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