Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Cash, Palhinha, Maddison, Sterling, Nunez and more

At the extremity of each circular of fixtures, BBC shot pundit Garth Crooks is connected manus to springiness you his Team of the Week.

Take a look beneath and, arsenic ever, Garth besides has his accidental connected the game's large talking points successful the Crooks of the Matter.

Alisson (Liverpool): "Today was astir passionateness and astir believing" - those were the words of Alisson successful his post-match interrogation aft Liverpool had beaten Newcastle 2-1 with 10 men.

The Brazilian goalkeeper made 7 saves against the Magpies, a idiosyncratic grounds successful the Premier League - his champion coming from a Miguel Almiron changeable which helium someway pushed connected to the bar.

Alphonse Areola was superb for West Ham against Brighton and would person made my squad nether mean circumstances, but what Liverpool achieved astatine St James' Park was bonzer - and that is wherefore Alisson makes my team.

Joe Gomez (Liverpool): The tactical changes made by Jurgen Klopp and his backroom unit aft Virgil van Dijk's dismissal was thing abbreviated of genius. Gomez replaced Luis Diaz, who people felt aggrieved by the substitution, and was soon joined by Harvey Elliott, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez and Jarell Quansah to instrumentality up the combat and effort to salvage a constituent from the game.

Well. they did much than that - they won it .

It's not often you spot 5 substitutes gel into a squad immediately, but these 5 did. Gomez. who has blown blistery and acold successful caller seasons, took Van Dijk's cardinal antiaircraft presumption aft 33 minutes and ne'er enactment a ft wrong.

The triumph by Liverpool, portion devastating to Newcastle, whitethorn beryllium the turning constituent the Reds person been desperately searching for.

Matty Cash (Aston Villa): It was an awesome distant show by Aston Villa astatine Burnley and full-back Cash successful particular. His 2 goals were good taken and helium was unlucky not to get a hat-trick. Manager Unai Emery's insistence connected playing 3 cardinal defenders has released Cash to play successful a much adventurous relation and it seems to beryllium paying off.

Villa had excessively overmuch for Burnley successful each section and isolated from their opening-day blip astatine St James' Park, person had an awesome commencement to the season. They comfortably dispatched Hibernian successful the Europa Conference League play-off successful midweek and inactive dealt with Burnley distant from home.

I've ever felt Villa's Europa League commitments volition yet find them out, but truthful acold truthful good.

Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace): What perseverance by the Crystal Palace defender astatine Brentford. This is the 2nd clip this play Andersen has recovered himself successful my selection. He was outstanding astatine Sheffield United connected the opening time and I besides thought Palace were a small unlucky not to travel distant with a constituent against Arsenal connected Monday night. But their show astatine Brentford mightiness person provided them with each three.

It was Andersen's volition and determination that yet got him his extremity and Palace a point. He ne'er gave up connected the pass, adjacent erstwhile his interaction seemed a small heavy. The Denmark planetary is increasing into a formidable defender and forming a precise bully concern with Marc Guehi. Meanwhile, Palace inactive look to beryllium making dependable advancement nether Roy Hodgson.

Joao Palhinha (Fulham): Palhinha was successful fantabulous signifier against Arsenal and conjured a mates of magic tricks to get Fulham retired of trouble. It was Palhinha who forced Bukayo Saka to uncharacteristically panic and springiness the shot away, which led to Fulham's opening goal, earlier producing an fantabulous decorativeness himself to gain his broadside a 2-2 draw.

Fulham deserved to stock the points with Arsenal contempt referee Paul Tierney's mediocre decision-making. Cottagers brag Marco Silva was entitled to get animated erstwhile helium saw 1 of his players connected the level injured and the referee disregarded it and waved play on. Referees are not doctors oregon physiotherapists and request to beryllium cautious erstwhile making specified judgements.

James Maddison (Tottenham): Harry Kane doesn't play for Tottenham anymore, but it does not look to person stunted their growth. Eric Dier is obscurity to beryllium seen and Richarlison looks similar he's playing successful pb boots, but since the accomplishment of caller manager Ange Postecoglou and particularly Maddison, Spurs are starting to look similar a squad and not a one-man show.

I saw thing akin successful an aged Arsenal line-up nether George Graham erstwhile everything was directed towards Ian Wright and if helium didn't score, no-one did. Then Arsene Wenger - who no-one had heard of successful England - came on and transformed the Gunners into a large title-winning team. Still aboriginal days for Spurs but it's a bully start.

Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United): The Manchester United skipper is trying to person america they are susceptible of large things. Who is helium trying to kid? I've seen thing large astir United truthful acold this season. They bushed Wolves 1-0 having been outplayed; mislaid astatine Spurs successful a crippled they ne'er looked similar winning, and managed to bushed a Nottingham Forest broadside who haven't won astatine Old Trafford since 1994.

Fernandes did, however, negociate to play a important portion successful United's comeback against Forest aft being 2-0 down. His assistance for Casemiro to people was unselfish and his free-kick to enactment Diogo Dalot wide connected extremity was clever, if not rather brilliant. If lone Dalot had not been half-asleep erstwhile the shot arrived astatine his feet. Fernandes' punishment past provided United their winning goal. He ever looks comfy successful the large moments and that's what makes him a occurrence astatine United.

Raheem Sterling (Chelsea): It would look Chelsea, oregon should I accidental Mauricio Pochettino, has got Sterling playing again. He was the champion subordinate connected the parkland astatine West Ham past week and, with 2 goals and an assist, helium single-handedly ripped Luton Town apart.

I can't assistance feeling Sterling, who was the champion subordinate successful the state astatine 1 signifier nether Pep Guardiola, yet buckled nether the demands made of him by the Manchester City coach. Leaving the Etihad indispensable person been a wrench but to instrumentality to his autochthonal London to rehabilitate himself wasn't a atrocious idea. Now helium looks similar a subordinate again and Chelsea indispensable usage him wisely.

Sterling is nary longer a youngster but a elder pro and inactive has a batch to offer. Read wherefore I deliberation Sterling has thing to beryllium astatine Chelsea successful the Crooks of the Matter below.

Darwin Nunez (Liverpool): What a show by Liverpool astatine Newcastle, whose brag Eddie Howe looked shell-shocked. There seemed to beryllium nary mode backmost for Liverpool with conscionable 10 men connected the tract and 1-0 down. Only substitute Nunez and, possibly, brag Klopp thought determination whitethorn person been the faintest accidental of snatching a constituent - but successful scoring some his side's goals, what the striker did was stunning.

I person doubted this lad for immoderate clip but it seemed the perilous concern Liverpool recovered themselves successful galvanised everyone associated with the club. Once Nunez equalised, helium seemed similar a antheral possessed and hopeless to wreck Newcastle's day. He's ruined their full week with his match-winning display.

Marcus Rashford (Manchester United): It's not often you spot Rashford providing the accumulation - he's usually the star. However, against a precise determined Forest, the United striker produced the astir telling walk crossed Forest's six-yard container for Christian Eriksen to convert. It was followed by the astir fantastic shot for Fernandes to acceptable up Casemiro to finish. He yet caused Danilo Oliveira truthful overmuch stress, the Forest defender was forced to bring the England striker down successful the box, conceding a penalty.

For immoderate crushed United are taking acold excessively agelong to get going successful games and person conceded 4 goals successful the past 2 matches. Boss Erik 10 Hag tin speech each helium wants astir his squad showing character, calmness and composure to get backmost into this crippled against Forest, but the information is United person erstwhile again got distant with a result. Other teams volition not beryllium that generous.

Erling Haaland (Manchester City): Haaland whitethorn person missed a hatful of chances successful the archetypal fractional astatine Sheffield United and a 37th-minute penalty, but each that did was fortify his resolve. He doesn't attraction astir the missed opportunities, he's lone funny successful expanding his extremity tally. The Norway planetary ne'er flinched successful his responsibilities, and erstwhile Jack Grealish placed the shot invitingly into United's container for Haaland to attack, helium buried it.

There was a infinitesimal erstwhile Kyle Walker, whose mistake led to the Blades' equaliser earlier Manchester City's precocious winner, looked much similar a rookie than their captain. If Walker wants to clasp the role, helium has to amusement enactment and not arrogance. The erstwhile volition triumph him titles - and the second volition suffer them.

The Crooks of the Matter

It wasn't that agelong agone Chelsea banned a instrumentality for beingness for utilizing "racially abusive language" towards Raheem Sterling, who was playing for Manchester City astatine the clip successful a lucifer astatine Stamford Bridge. Five different Blues supporters were temporarily suspended for utilizing "abusive connection and threatening and assertive behaviour" towards the player.

How ironic past to spot not conscionable Sterling present playing for Chelsea and being heralded by his manager and supporters, but a big of achromatic players performing for the club.

It surely puts into crisp position the changes that person been made astatine Stamford Bridge since the days of Chelsea's archetypal achromatic player, Paul Canoville, and the irrational quality of racism successful football. One infinitesimal you tin beryllium connected the extremity of appalling maltreatment and the adjacent hero-worshipped by the aforesaid radical of people.

Chelsea, and successful peculiar erstwhile proprietor Roman Abramovich, person done overmuch to escaped the nine of its toxic past by refusing to person barriers of introduction and it's 1 of the reasons wherefore they find themselves truthful charismatic to specified an eclectic premix of overseas players. As agelong arsenic shot continues to make superb players, the crippled has a accidental of cleansing itself of racist abuse.

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