Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Alisson, Trippier, Maddison, Salah, Zaha

At the extremity of each Premier League play BBC shot pundit Garth Crooks volition beryllium connected manus to springiness you his Team of the Week.

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Garth Crooks' squad of the week

Alisson (Liverpool)

How refreshing it is to spot a goalkeeper drawback a shot successful mid-air for a change?

Most of them parry oregon punch but it was imperative connected 2 occasions successful the triumph astatine Tottenham that Alisson did neither but alternatively caught the shot with some hands arsenic helium descended to the ground.

Anything little could person outgo Liverpool the match. I fertile the Brazilian among my apical 3 keepers successful the state and my apical 5 successful the world. Playing Spurs distant was a tricky crippled for Liverpool but erstwhile you've got a keeper similar Alisson betwixt the sticks it makes beingness overmuch easier. A top-class keeper if ever determination was one.

Kieran Trippier (Newcastle)

The interception by Trippier followed by the walk for Joe Willock to people Newcastle's 3rd extremity successful their triumph astatine Southampton alternatively typified wherefore the right-back indispensable beryllium a superior information for Gareth Southgate's England squad.

Apart from thing other he's playing the shot of his beingness and taking Newcastle places not seen since the days Kevin Keegan was successful charge.

Saints should person got thing retired of this crippled but didn't due to the fact that of mediocre finishing and their choices successful beforehand of goal. Che Evans needs a elder spouse adjacent to him to stock the load. Southampton haven't been capable to regenerate Danny Ings since his departure to Villa Park.

William Saliba (Arsenal)

There was lone 1 squad winning this London derby and it was Arsenal. If anyone is successful immoderate uncertainty astir however earnestly the Gunners are taking their Premier League rubric situation past you lone person to instrumentality a bully look astatine the mode they celebrated their triumph aft the crippled distant astatine Chelsea.

This was a connection if ever determination was one. Saliba, Gabriel and Ben White looked arsenic coagulated arsenic a stone with Saliba looking the prime of the bunch. This kid is simply a indispensable for France's World Cup squad.

Chelsea meantime looked bushed and lacked ideas. They mightiness beryllium doing good successful the Champions League but finishing extracurricular the apical 4 isn't a bully look for Chelsea. A worrying clip for Graham Potter.

Lucas Digne (Aston Villa)

It had to beryllium immoderate free-kick from Frenchman Digne to bushed David de Gea from 25 yards. On the look of it Manchester United should ne'er person mislaid this crippled astatine Villa Park erstwhile you comparison the players of some teams but Villa were by acold the amended broadside connected the day.

However the accomplishment of Unai Emery arsenic the caller manager intelligibly boosted Aston Villa's show but the question is for however long. They look to get these spikes each clip a caller manager arrives connected the country but past they fizzle out.

Digne is simply a bully subordinate and the benignant that conscionable mightiness entreaty to Emery. I'll beryllium precise funny to spot wherever Villa decorativeness the play nether Emery - who stays and who goes.

Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

Last week, De Bruyne salvaged 3 points for Manchester City against Leicester City aft a tricky midweek Champions League fixture against Borussia Dortmund.

This play the Belgium planetary did the aforesaid again, having dispatched Sevilla successful midweek and was conscionable arsenic superb against Fulham, who failed to travel to presumption with De Bruyne oregon a City broadside with 10 men.

Pep Guardiola's broadside proceed to prime up invaluable points successful the Premier League having impressed successful midweek European games.

If City tin get past Chelsea, successful the EFL Cup, and Brentford, successful the Premier League, astatine location anterior to the commencement of the World Cup successful Qatar it volition beryllium precise hard for immoderate squad to halt them doing thing rather bonzer successful the 2nd fractional of the play with a acceptable and rested Erling Haaland.

James Maddison (Leicester)

Leicester City fans were starting to amusement signs of panic during their team's performances astatine 1 signifier this play and adjacent booed their manager Brendan Rodgers aft immoderate games. They are not doing that now.

Their show against Everton, who couldn't vie with Leicester's prime successful midfield, was rather superb if not successful the extremity emphatic. Maddison was outstanding and is starting to show the benignant of crippled England could payment from successful Qatar.

Adam Lallana (Brighton)

His extremity was beautifully executed portion his assistance for Kaoru Mitoma was conscionable fabulous. Lallana is playing the benignant of shot helium produced astatine Southampton.

I felt helium ne'er played the benignant of shot helium was susceptible of astatine Anfield. He ever worked hard portion astatine Liverpool but failed to reproduce the artistry we saw from him astatine St Mary's.

At Brighton helium seems to person recaptured that interaction of people again and the Seagulls are playing the champion shot I've seen them play portion successful the apical flight.

Wolves meantime are each implicit the place. No manager, nary established centre guardant disposable owed to wounded and suspensions and dropping points similar they're going retired of fashion. New manager Julen Lopetegui, who starts enactment connected 15 November erstwhile the league breaks for the World Cup, has plenty of enactment to bash to crook things around.

Crysencio Summerville (Leeds)

Bournemouth should person enactment this crippled to furniture erstwhile they were 3-1 up astatine Elland Road but were not ruthless enough. The infinitesimal Leeds got the equaliser determination was lone 1 winner.

Jesse Marsch indispensable instrumentality immoderate recognition for this breathtaking comeback. The Leeds manager made important changes to a broadside that was struggling and those changes worked particularly Wilfred Gnonto - who looks similar the strongest 19-year-old I've ever seen.

The prima of the amusement was erstwhile again Summerville, who past week enactment Liverpool to the sword. The young Dutchman remained a changeless menace to the Cherries and successful the extremity outgo them the match.

Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)

He played his portion successful the dismantling of Chelsea past week but Mitoma's show against Wolves was precise impressive. The Japan planetary has each the ingredients of a top-class player.

Mitoma has a precise akin crippled to Tottenham's Son Heung-min. He is not acrophobic to instrumentality radical on, tin spot the walk and wants to people goals. What benignant of signifier he'll beryllium successful aft the World Cup is anyone's conjecture but, marque nary mistake, Brighton person a subordinate here.

Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)

Is it maine oregon is Zaha's finishing getting better? He took his extremity successful the triumph against West Ham brilliantly. I've seen Zaha play successful a centre forward's relation earlier and portion he's nary Haaland successful that position, helium does look a threat.

For specified an immensely talented subordinate I've ever thought that Zaha should beryllium scoring much goals and aft seeing him execute against the Hammers, playing him arsenic an out-and-out striker mightiness supply the subordinate with much goalscoring opportunities. Certainly worthy considering.

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

If you are going to caput the shot surely you bash it distant from your ain extremity and not down you, particularly erstwhile you haven't a hint what presumption your goalkeeper has taken. Eric Dier, for immoderate inexplicable reason, decided to bash conscionable that and Spurs ne'er recovered.

Tottenham took acold excessively agelong to get going successful this lucifer and looked a shadiness of the squad that bushed Marseille successful the Champions League a fewer days ago. Liverpool person been wide inconsistent this play but fortunately for them they person Salah bang successful form.

The Crooks of the Matter

Last week, I made the constituent that if Australia felt truthful aggrieved astir the World Cup being held successful Qatar past they shouldn't go. This week Fifa has written to each 32 teams competing successful the tourney telling them to "now absorption connected the football" pursuing a arguable build-up. Meanwhile, 1 sponsor has removed their sanction from a team's jerseys truthful not to beryllium associated with the tournament. French authorities garbage to person instrumentality parks successful their cities to amusement games and squad captains are being asked to deterioration solidarity armbands successful enactment of quality close issues.

Fifa whitethorn person the powerfulness to organise the champion shot contention successful the satellite but they can't halt radical from voicing their opinions. Which, successful the last analysis, whitethorn beryllium to beryllium hugely embarrassing for Fifa and adjacent much truthful for their hosts.

The letter, signed by Fifa president Gianni Infantino insists that players should "not let shot to beryllium dragged into each ideological oregon governmental conflict that exists". Which is rather hilarious erstwhile you see that the satellite governing assemblage did conscionable that the infinitesimal they awarded Qatar the World Cup