{"id":470160,"date":"2026-02-15T13:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/470160\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:18:07","slug":"semenyo-beats-van-dijk-to-win-premier-league-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/470160\/","title":{"rendered":"Semenyo beats Van Dijk to win Premier League Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Semenyo-beats-Van-Dijk-to-win-Premier-League-Player-of-the-Week-2021789?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/44258293.295.jpg\" alt=\"Semenyo plays for Manchester City while Van Dijk features for Liverpool\" title=\"Semenyo plays for Manchester City while Van Dijk features for Liverpool\" width=\"295\" height=\"188\" \/> <\/a>Semenyo plays for Manchester City while Van Dijk features for Liverpool<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian forward Antoine Semenyo has been voted Premier League Player of the Week following his impressive performances.<\/p>\n<p>In the voting, the former Bournemouth winger secured 39%, edging out Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, who finished second with 32% in a keenly contested poll.<\/p>\n<p>Other players featured in the vote included Lukas Nmecha of Leeds United, goalkeeper Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Newcastle United\u2019s Malick Thiaw, and Jaidon Anthony of Burnley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/U-20-World-Cup-Black-Princesses-beat-South-Africa-to-advance-to-next-stage-2021744\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U-20 World Cup: Black Princesses beat South Africa to advance to next stage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winger spearheaded Manchester City\u2019s 3\u20130 victory over Fulham on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at the Etihad Stadium, boosting their title charge.<\/p>\n<p>He latched onto a loose ball between a defender and the goalkeeper, calmly tapping it into the net for City\u2019s opening goal.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his goal, he remained influential throughout the match, providing an assist by laying off a pass to O\u2019Reilly, who scored to extend City\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n<p>With this strike, the former Bournemouth attacker has now scored 13 goals and provided four assists in the 2025\/26 season. Across all competitions, he has made 29 appearances, netting 15 goals and registering five assists.<\/p>\n<p>Following the win, Manchester City sit second on the league table with 53 points, trailing leaders Arsenal by four points.<\/p>\n<p>Semenyo\u2019s performances since joining City have been crucial, often stepping up as a reliable scorer when Erling Haaland fails to find the net.<\/p>\n<p>Read the tweet below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Antoine Semenyo, star of the show in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ManCity<\/a>&#8216;s win against Fulham \u2728<\/p>\n<p>He has been voted by fans as Player of the Matchweek!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Premier League (@premierleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/2022370192119279856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 13, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SB\/MA<\/p>\n<p>Watch as fuel tanker catches fire after accident on Nsawam Accra-Road<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Semenyo plays for Manchester City while Van Dijk features for Liverpool Ghanaian forward Antoine Semenyo has been voted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-470160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}