With many of the continent’s brightest female stars in international service, the Asian men stepped up with last-minute winners, super solo goals and rock-solid defensive performances, and it’s up to the fans of determine this week’s best performer, the-afc.com wrote.

Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto, Iran)
90 minutes, 73% passing accuracy, 2 shots (0-0 v Atletico Madrid)
90 minutes, 2 goals, 100% passing accuracy (5-0 against Moreirense)

After going through a tough night for the forwards when Porto held Atletico Madrid to a midweek UEFA Champions League draw, Taremi was at his best in the league on Sunday, converting a penalty and then adding a formidable second then that Sérgio Conceição’s team was going wild.

Karim Ansarifard (AEK Athens, Iran)
34 minutes, 1 goal, 78% passing accuracy (3-3 against OFI Crete)

One of the many Iranian strikers to thrive for European clubs, Ansarifard scored an excellent goal just minutes after coming on to give AEK Athens a three-goal lead over OFI Crete. Unfortunately for Ansarifard, his side conceded three goals in the last 12 minutes in what turned into a remarkable 3-3 draw.

Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Zorya Luhansk, Iran)
70 minutes, 1 assist, 8 duels won (1-3 against FK Bodø / Glimt)
25 minutes, 1 goal (3-0 against Chernomorets)

Ignoring the disappointment of a midweek UEFA Europa Conference League defeat in Norway, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh set another scorer of his seemingly limitless potential with a fabulous solo goal in the Ukrainian Premier League; his third in his last four matches.

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal, Japan), Eldor Shomurodov (AS Roma, Uzbekistan), Oday Dabbagh (Arouca, Palestine), Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux, Republic of Korea), Aziz Behich (Giresunspor, Australia), Shakhboz Umarov (BATE Borisov , Uzbekistan) and Bassel Jradi (Apollon Limassol, Lebanon) are the other contenders for the distinction.