"England on Lampard, the scorer of the moment, the match-winning goal."
"Frankie de Jong is the most important player."
"Pogba, the centerpiece of this Manchester United team going forward."
"The Leafs are a different team with Caution in the lineup."
"Harvey Elliott is key to Liverpool, enabling Salah's forward play."
"Wilson is everything to Newcastle talisman right absolute talisman and I think you said it well earlier Newcastle showed signs last season of getting the ball up more."
"Serious offensive powerhouse right now. What do we have here? We have a skeleton key."
"Luke Shaw is unbelievable... He's such an important player for United at the moment."
"For me, Kevin De Bruyne is the most important player on the pitch."
"Joel Embiid has now become the Hub of the offense."
"Robert Woods is the linchpin of the passing offense."
"Paul Pogba is the type of player that can just be the pivotal piece in the jigsaw that can help you win things."
"Harry Kane does it again. You can rely on him."
"This is the center back that we all thought Liverpool, when they signed him, he was going to be the Van Dijk before Van Dijk."
"We have a backbone now and Zinchenko is a massive part of that."
"He's definitely gonna be my top striker this season."
"Robert Lewandowski puts us into the lead... this man is gonna score goals."
"Bruno is the key to Manchester United's success."
"Messi was everything Argentina needed him to be."
"What a goal from Jordan Henderson, his second of the game!"
"He's the man, tough, hangs in there, big plays."
"N'Golo Kante: signed for 5.6 million pounds, key to Leicester's Premier League title victory."
"I think this is an easy one, it's gonna be James Hardy because James Harden holds the now and the future of the 76ers all up in his hands."
"He's what makes that team win, he's the engine that makes the car drive."
"that man delivers in every single final he plays in every game he plays in Champions League"
"The biggest shock: Joe Hart had been essential to City's success."
"He's probably one of the main reasons these guys are cruising so easily throughout this tournament."
"Even he's the showstopper." - Acknowledging a key player's impact.
"He's the lifeline of that team. He's the energy guy, he makes all kinds of plays for them."
"He's literally their key player despite having five goals and five assists."
"Son, he's a big game player, he does well against the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool."
"Walter Payton was the go-to offensive weapon for that Chicago Bears team."
"17 is gonna try, and 17 has really been sort of the MVP of this entire arc."
"Harvey Barnes to settle it, who else but the man, Harvey Barnes!"
"He's their most dangerous player and in Tom Brady's mind the most valuable player on this offense"
"Franchise player should be like a superstar elite player that's why he's got the franchise tag on him because he is the face of your franchise because he's the best or he's a key player in your team."
"He's just about impossible to knock out at this point, has taken the spot of Jason Lintz and Matthew Coker is the man to beat with a single Sawyer left to go."
"Rashford's our primary match winner. Man United's Talisman is Bruno Fernandez."
"Where would they be without him? Raphinha is carrying them."
"I think he was key for Chelsea in the Champions League last season."
"Bruno Fernandes pulls it out in the biggest of games, what a hit!"
"Cruz was a vital contributor to the Super Bowl 46 championship team."
"Showmaker is always your x factor; you can never count Dom One out when this guy is on form."
"Rashford has been our main source of goals this season, he's our talisman."
"He was integral to their inferno to get them in any sort of place to be relevant in the game."
"The reason we're in the top four, the reason we're in the Champions League, our most pivotal player at the moment."
"Marcus Smart is the biggest x factor in this series."
"Those blues have gotten their breathing space back, and it's through their Ballon d'Or winner."
"When you need a bucket, put the ball in Jalen Brunson's hands."
"Elijah Moore... Far and Away the most important player on their roster."
"DeAndre Hopkins has been in and out of the lineup... he was and still is the most Irreplaceable player on that roster."
"Jayson Tatum has been the biggest scorer in those moments."
"Travis Kelce is Patrick Mahomes' safety button. If nobody's open, if he's under pressure, if he can't find anybody, he looks for one person and that is Travis Kelce."
"Olivia Giroud is crucial for France. There's a reason why they won the World Cup with Olivia Giroud."
"Vincente Guaita will be their key player this season."
"Anthony Davis at this point... is the perfect co-star."
"Darnell Mooney confirmed his place as a key part of Chicago's passing attack."
"He's a man a key cog in four championships in the greatest dynasty of this era in basketball."
"How many important goals does he score for Liverpool?... It's incredible."
"He's just such a big difference maker for the team."
"To say that Niko was integral to the team’s rise to the top would be an understatement."
"If you want offense, Vladimir Guerrero's supplying most of it today."
"Keenan Allen is like the key to the offense."
"He would have been a big player for us, he would have driven us to get some key results."
"If we win the Champions League, he's the key."
"He's their big-play guy, as he proved in Green Bay."
"Van Dijk's aerial prowess is the key here."
"He's the linchpin, he's the key to everything for Brisbane's attack."
"Every ultra successful club has got one of them players in it."
"Kurt Gibson has been that missing piece."
"When in doubt, go to the big horse."
"Teams key on him. They focus on him."
"Chris Gayle, very dangerous player. One of the key players in the West Indian lineup."
"He's the guy, like he's the main guy."
"He's been the clincher for the Vikings."
"He's a big match player, Daniel Carter."
"My most important player is going to be LaMelo Ball due to the fact that Miles Bridges is not going to be returning to the Charlotte Hornets."
"I think Brevin Jordan's the key to this offense."
"They need him to be that dude and more offensively for them to survive."
"He is our trump card, in his own way he most definitely is."
"This is the hitter the Bruins want up right here."
"The goalkeeper is single-handedly the most important player on the pitch."
"I say Yo, outstanding and a really key component of the dominance of this site."
"Can we admit Butler's the secret sauce?"
"I want that guy in net, no matter what game it is, game one, game seven."
"He's a match winner, you know, he would always be in my team."
"When it's money time, they do go to their money player."
"One player I think can kind of ignite a defense with a big play."
"Stump Mitchell is the man of the hour."
"You can't count them out of any game, especially when you got that Greek Freak on the roster."
"Championship basketball for the Lakers starts with that man with one eyebrow in the paint on their defensive end."
"He's playing well, I think he's an X Factor."
"He played a very important role in the tournament."
"Frenkie de Jong is crucial to everything that the Netherlands do and he'll have to be right at it if they are to stand a chance of making a splash at this tournament."
"Casemiro is the key, he is the difference."
"He is the engine through which the Tennessee Titans offense runs."
"Jokic is the most important player on the team."
"The most important player is KDB, not Rodri."
"He's definitely the engine to this team."
"He's an integral part of why Brentford are doing well this season."
"The word he used in describing Jefferson this time was 'lynchpin'."
"He's anchoring the best defense in the world."
"Tatum is the x-factor in the East."
"He's one of the most key people in our whole team because he breaks out the attack, reads the game, starts the attack."
"If we're gonna win this game, he's the man."
"Stamkos is a very important player to this team."
"That's Charles, Charles is a key player in much of what we are going to discuss."
"If you are looking to build a franchise, or if you believe you're one piece away... that's your guy."
"How many Super Bowls do we have if we don't have Harrison Bucker?"
"Debo Samuel makes this thing tick."
"She is absolutely instrumental to this Blues team."
"Despite his vertically challenged endeavors, still manages to be the team's ace."
"As long as he continues to be the number one receiving option of this offense, the expectation is a fantastic performance for Michael Pitman Jr."
"He changes their personality in the attack, he is their attack."
"The most important player, the most dangerous player on that court will be Klay Thompson."
"He was such an irreplaceable asset to that Sir Alex Ferguson team; his vision, his understanding of the game, he was a clutch player."