FotMob match ratings provide the framework for this roundup of the 10 best performers from Premier League gameweek 13. The list highlights players whose contributions shaped results across a busy weekend.

Maxim De Cuyper began Sunday’s trip to Nottingham Forest in an unfamiliar position as a winger and finished up front, racing through the centre to fire home Brighton & Hove Albion’s opening goal in a hard-fought victory.

Nottingham Forest’s highest-rated player of the match was midfielder Elliot Anderson, who produced a rich individual display. He created a game-high six chances, won 12 duels and completed six dribbles, leading the match in those statistics.

Aston Villa extended their winning run to five in all competitions with a 1–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Scotland international John McGinn played the pass that set up Boubacar Kamara’s stunning winner and finished the game with four chances created, the most on the pitch for Unai Emery’s side.

Liverpool’s 2–0 victory over West Ham United featured multiple narratives. Alexander Isak scored his first Premier League goal for the Reds, Florian Wirtz produced one of his best displays of the season, and Lucas Paquetá’s late red card drew attention. Cody Gakpo combined for Isak’s goal with an assist on the hour and then sealed the result with a stoppage-time strike.

Sunderland recovered from two goals down to beat Bournemouth 3–2. Enzo Le Fée converted the penalty that initiated the comeback and later assisted Brian Brobbey for the winning header.

Brentford’s Igor Thiago scored twice in a 3–1 win over Burnley. His tally of 11 goals in 13 games for the Bees is bettered only by the 14 of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland.

Manchester United looked in trouble against Crystal Palace until Bruno Fernandes supplied two assists in quick succession: a free kick for Joshua Zirkzee’s equaliser and another dead-ball delivery that allowed Mason Mount to score the winner. Fernandes now has five assists this season and leads the Premier League in that statistic.

Newcastle United’s 4–1 win over Everton featured strong displays from two young players. Lewis Miley, making only his third start, scored, assisted and produced notable defensive work. Malick Thiaw headed Newcastle in front after 56 seconds and added another header to seal the Magpies’ first away win of the season; he also won six aerial duels and made five headed clearances against Thierno Barry.

Manchester City’s Phil Foden struck twice in a dramatic 3–2 win over Leeds United, scoring the fastest goal of the season at 59 seconds and then the winner a full 90 minutes later. City manager Pep Guardiola reflected: “Phil has that [mentality] … ‘Give me the ball, I want to dribble, I want to score and win the game.’” “He has this ambition and mentality since he was a little boy and I’m happy for what he did. He was the man to win the game.”

Only 34 players in Premier League history have reached 100 goals, and the pace at which they arrived has varied dramatically. Alan Shearer’s benchmark still stands. He set the record by scoring his 100th Premier League goal in his 124th appearance back in December 1995.

That benchmark looks vulnerable. Erling Haaland, the Manchester City talisman, has won two Premier League golden boots in his three full seasons in England and is one goal away from reaching the century mark. With just 109 Premier League games to his name, and having failed to topple Shearer’s record in the most fitting of fixtures against Newcastle United, it seems only a matter of time before the Norwegian joins the 100-goal club.

Below are the ten quickest players to reach 100 Premier League goals, listed with the number of appearances and the clubs they represented in the competition.

1. Alan Shearer — 124 appearances — Blackburn, Newcastle United
2. Harry Kane — 141 appearances — Tottenham Hotspur
3. Sergio Agüero — 147 appearances — Manchester City
4. Thierry Henry — 160 appearances — Arsenal
5. Mohamed Salah — 162 appearances — Liverpool
6. Ian Wright — 173 appearances — Arsenal
7. Robbie Fowler — 175 appearances — Liverpool
8. Les Ferdinand — 178 appearances — Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United
T-9. Michael Owen — 185 appearances — Liverpool
T-9. Andrew Cole — 185 appearances — Manchester United, Newcastle United

Harry Kane reached his 100th Premier League strike in his 141st game for Tottenham Hotspur. Before Haaland emerged at City, Sergio Agüero commanded Manchester City’s attack and reached the century in 147 appearances, the fourth-fastest on this list. Many consider Thierry Henry the greatest Premier League player of all time; he required 160 games to reach 100. Mohamed Salah joined the club in 162 matches. Ian Wright and Robbie Fowler, two of the most prolific forwards of the 1990s, reached the mark in 173 and 175 games respectively. Les Ferdinand is the only other player to reach 100 inside 180 appearances, doing so in 178 games.

Florian Wirtz has drawn sharp commentary since his move to Liverpool, but his father Hans has pushed back, arguing the player is progressing as expected. Wirtz played a role in the Community Shield by teeing up Hugo Ekitiké on an otherwise muted debut and created two goals against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.

Criticism has focused on his physicality in the Premier League as well as his output. After Liverpool’s 3–0 defeat to Manchester City last weekend, Gary Neville said: “Wirtz is a problem,” and “I thought Wirtz looked like a little boy. That can’t be the case.”

Hans Wirtz responded calmly. “I only take the criticism from the former internationals in passing,” he told Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. “Florian is a young man who wants to prove himself in a new environment. Less than a third of the season has been played.” He added: “So far, everything is going as expected; it’s a completely normal settling-in process, entirely independent of any transfer fee.” Hans, who acts as one of his son’s agents alongside his wife Karin Groß, also urged a closer look at the underlying figures. “And: If you look at the statistics more closely, you can see that Florian’s stats regarding his involvement in the game are already quite good; only assists and goals are still pending.”

Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann made a related point: “Maybe Liverpool could also help him out by scoring some of the chances he creates.” Those who watched Wirtz develop at Bayer Leverkusen offer a tactical explanation. Sporting director Simon Rolfes recalled Wirtz’s role as a combination player and said: “For all his individual class, Flo is above all one thing: a total team player,” and “Flo thrives on combination play, but at the moment Liverpool haven’t quite gelled as a team. That makes things more difficult for Flo, too.”

Statistics underline the change: at Leverkusen Wirtz averaged 80.3 touches per game and 45.1 touches in the attacking third; in the 2025–26 Premier League he averages 57.7 total touches and 27.3 in the attacking third per 90, with reductions across progressive passes, dribbles and passes received. The 22-year-old’s adaptation, his father says, remains a work in progress.