Hat trick!

Toon winger Matt Ritchie broke into the area with the scores level before placing a disguised shot in the far corner of Lossl’s goal.

The 6’5” Dane flung his frame toward the strike, flicking the ball past the post with the tips of his fingers.

Against Southampton, he made another fine stop to keep out Nathan Redmond.

Again, voting finishes on Monday.

The other contenders are Phil Jones, Romelu Lukaku, Sadio Mane and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alvaro Morata and Mo Salah.

Mooy, meanwhile, had an exceptional game against the Magpies and capped it with a 50thminute winner from the edge of the Toon area.

The Australian international picked up the ball in the Newcastle half before playing a neat one-two with forward Elias Kachunga.

A couple of touches later and Rob Elliot was picking the ball out of the net as Mooy whipped a right-footed strike around defender Mikel Merino and past the Newcastle goalkeeper’s outstretched left hand.

The other nominees are: Stephen Ward (Chelsea v Burnley), Sadio Mane (Watford v Liverpool), Jese (Stoke v Arsenal), Etienne Capoue (Bournemouth v Watford), Marcos Alonso 1 (Tottenham v Chelsea), Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth v Man City), Sadio Mane (Liverpool v Arsenal).

Town, of course, are in friendly action tomorrow against Altona 93 in Hamburg.

The fourth-tier German team provide the opposition as Wagner tries to maintain some performance momentum over the international break and to give some game time to those players who haven’t figured much over the opening weeks of the Premier League season and Carabao Cup campaign.

The match kicks off at 4pm British time.