As the games come thick and fast in the Premier League, the goals have slowly started to dry up. Apart from Leicester City’s 5-0 thrashing off Sheffield United at the weekend, only 17 goals were scored across nine league games. In the marquee fixture of the week, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal got the better of Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham while Liverpool managed to snap their losing streak in the league and pick up a crucial victory away to Wolves. There were some stunning goals and performances across all games and here is our team of the week.
GK: Illan Meslier (Leeds United)
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Leeds United have struggled against Big Six opposition this season but managed to hold Chelsea to a 0-0 draw this week thanks to their goalkeeper Illan Meslier. The French U-21 star made 8 saves against the Blues to help secure a crucial point for Leeds.
RB: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
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After a poor outing against Manchester United last week, Joao Cancelo redeemed himself with a fine performance against Fulham. The Portuguese international was one of City’s main attacking outlets and provided the assist for City’s first goal on the night.
CB: John Stones (Manchester City)
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John Stones has continued his fine goal-scoring form in the league as he scored his fourth Premier League goal of the season this week against Fulham to help Manchester City to an easy 3-0 away victory.
CB: Ozan Kabak (Liverpool)
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After a few shaky performances at the start, Ozan Kabak has slowly settled into life at Liverpool. Kabak made 6 clearances, 2 tackles and 3 interceptions against Wolves which helped the Reds keep a clean sheet and get a much-needed victory.
LB: Kieran Tierney (Arsenal)
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Kieran Tierney was a constant menace down the left-hand side for Arsenal and kept giving Tottenham right back Matt Doherty problems throughout the game. Tierney was eventually rewarded for his perseverance as he provided the assist for Arsenal’s equaliser.
RM: Dwight McNeil (Burnley)
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Dwight McNeil was causing problems to Everton all night long and capped his excellent performance with a wonderful strike from outside the box that won the game for Burnley.
CM: N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
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Although Chelsea drew 0-0 away to Leeds, N’Golo Kante was everywhere on the pitch for the Blues. The Frenchman had 3 key passes, 3 tackles and 4 clearances in an all-action display for Chelsea.
CM: Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)
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Tielemans ran the show for Leicester as they blew out Sheffield United in a 5-0 victory. While the Belgian didn’t get on the scoresheet, he controlled the tempo of the game beautifully from midfield alongside Wilfred Ndidi.
LM: Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal)
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Emile Smith-Rowe was a constant threat for Arsenal in the North London Derby and created four chances in the game. The 20-year-old was also extremely unlucky not to get on the score-sheet as he hit the bar with a wonderful curled effort from 25 yards.
ST: Kelechi Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
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Our strike partnership for this week is the Leicester pair of Iheanacho and Vardy who were rampant against Sheffield United at the weekend. Both of them caused the Blades problems throughout the 90 minutes with their pace and movement. Iheanacho bagged a hat-trick of which two of the goals were set up by his strike partner Jamie Vardy.
Manager of the week: Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
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Mikel Arteta was under huge pressure to win the North London Derby after dropping his captain Aubameyang from the team for disciplinary reasons. In the end, Arteta came on top as his Arsenal side completely dominated Tottenham and emerged as the deserved winners on the night.
Shivaan Shah