Micky van de Ven rose highest to claim your HSBC Player of the Match after the centre-back bagged his maiden career brace in our huge 3-0 win at Everton in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Captaining the side for the fourth match on the spin, Micky led by example with a commanding performance at both ends as he chipped in with two first-half goals and helped preserve the clean sheet to see us become the first away side to win at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Watch - Micky at the double in sweet win at Toffees
Built on a solid defensive foundation as the home side sent in plenty of crosses with Micky and Kevin Danso - who made 18 of the 25 clearances between them - excellent in the heart of our defence, our flying Dutchman made a vital contribution down the other end to head in from two corners as we made our set-pieces count.
The Toffees were the only Premier League side yet to concede from a set-piece all season until Mohammed Kudus sent his corner to the back post where Rodrigo Bentancur nodded back across and found our number 37 in the six-yard box who climbed highest to send in the opener.
Having prevented a goal with a vital touch on a dangerous Ndiaye cross to prevent Beto tucking home from close range, our Dutch skipper then doubled his tally for our second just before half-time. After a cluster of corners, Pedro Porro was on the money with his in-swinging delivery as Micky rose above Jordan Pickford to give us a two-goal lead at the break.
Our first defender to score twice in a Premier League game since Jan Vertonghen in 2013 and on a hat-trick throughout the second period, the Netherlands international looked expectant at every attacking set piece but, crucially, needed to be at his defensive best as we dug deep for the clean sheet with some superb saves from Guglielmo Vicario whilst Pape Matar Sarr added a third late on to put the gloss on a fine three points.