One quarter of the way in, the 2018-19 Premier League season is shaping up to be among the division's best campaigns. There is a genuine title race -- Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea share first place after eight games -- plus plenty of competitive teams with, as I wrote in a recent column ranking styles of play, various managers reshaping their sides effectively to find a true identity.
Here are some awards, based on the best we have seen so far.
Best player: Eden Hazard
Hazard has been Chelsea's best player in two title-winning campaigns -- 2014-15 and 2016-17 -- and yet it still felt like he had room for improvement, particularly in terms of goalscoring.