Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Salah, Toney, Mount, Silva, Martinez

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

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Jose Sa (Wolves)

When teams are struggling it is imperative that your goalkeeper wins you games and does not suffer them.

Jordon Pickford has had a fantastic play for Everton precocious but his mistake mislaid them the crippled against Spurs and helium is England's fig one.

Jose Sa connected the different manus came to the rescue for Wolves successful their hr of request against Nottingham Forest. The punishment from Brennan Johnson, portion good struck, didn't bash the instrumentality and produced an outstanding prevention from the Portuguese keeper. The champion keepers prevention you points and triumph you games not the different mode round.

James Milner (Liverpool)

Milner has been playing truthful agelong you're inclined to hide helium was erstwhile astatine Manchester City wherever helium achieved tremendous success. No 1 thought erstwhile helium near the Etihad for Anfield that helium would person gone connected to greater things but helium did.

His show against his erstwhile nine successful Sunday's 1-0 triumph astatine Anfield was extraordinary. Milner is unflappable, dependable and supra each an exceptional professional, and I'm not successful the slightest spot amazed Jurgen Klopp refuses to fto him retired of his sights.

Professionals similar Milner lone travel astir erstwhile successful a procreation and it is to Liverpool's recognition they person retained his services.

Joe Gomez (Liverpool)

If determination was a subordinate you mightiness person targeted to beryllium the anemic nexus successful Liverpool's antiaircraft enactment up against City it would astir surely person been Joe Gomez. He wasn't expected to commencement the crippled successful the archetypal spot but much importantly, struggled with his signifier this season.

Man City dominated overmuch of this brushwood but astatine nary clip did they predominate Gomez. The defender looked backed to his focused and committed best. In fact, the crippled brought retired the champion successful the England defender and connected this signifier is simply a indispensable for Qatar.

Thiago Silva (Chelsea)

Chelsea made hard enactment of it against Aston Villa successful the archetypal fractional having gone 1-0 up astatine Villa Park. What Marc Cucurella is doing astatine the nine ne'er caput connected the transportation astatine Villa Park I don't rather understand.

Graham Potter, having sold the subordinate erstwhile manager astatine Brighton, has present inherited him astatine Chelsea but the Spaniard is not a top-our defender and it is showing.

Thiago Silva connected the different manus is not conscionable a top-class defender but is having to mentor Kalidou Koulibaly and Trevoh Chalobah successful the process. The Brazilian is calm, chill and sophisticated, and caput and shoulders supra anyone successful the Chelsea backmost line.

Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United)

Newcastle proved to beryllium hard absorption for Manchester United successful a 0-0 gully astatine Old Trafford, particularly arsenic the Red Devils played Omonia FC successful the Europa League successful midweek and the Cypriot broadside proved to beryllium nary pushovers either.

The 1 subordinate Erik 10 Hag seems to beryllium relying connected these days is Lisandro Martinez. He struggled successful his archetypal 2 games for United but truthful did the full team.

Since past 1 of the smallest centre-backs successful the Premier League doesn't conscionable look to beryllium coming to presumption with the physicality of the league but actively enjoying it. This was a crippled United mightiness person mislaid nether Ralf Rangnick but not immoderate longer it would appear.

Mason Mount (Chelsea)

Mount's archetypal extremity was a small fortunate but determination was thing remotely fortunate astir his free-kick which flew past Emiliano Martinez successful the Aston Villa goal. Mount was outstanding successful Chelsea's midweek Champions League triumph implicit AC Milan and seems to beryllium truly enjoying his shot astatine the moment.

This was a somewhat amended show by Villa than the 1 past week against Nottingham Forest but I consciousness manager Steven Gerrard is starting to tally retired of ideas. When players similar Philippe Coutinho look similar they person mislaid involvement thing is going terribly wrong.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham)

Everton should truly person been 2-0 up astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier Spurs got into immoderate benignant of rhythm. It ne'er ceases to amaze maine erstwhile midfield players oregon defenders find themselves successful a one-on-one concern with the goalkeeper they spell into meltdown oregon endure a panic attack.

Had Amadou Onana oregon Demarai Gray retained the slightest composure successful beforehand of extremity Everton could person travel distant with something.

Hojbjerg connected the different manus showed the power and composure, not ever associated with the Denmark international, to seal the points for Spurs successful a 2-0 win. I don't cognize wherefore I was truthful surprised, Hojbjerg has been a superb summation to the squad and softly accordant for immoderate sizeable time.

Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

Four goals successful the past 3 games for Saka. His extremity against Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League successful midweek was awesome but his decorativeness successful the triumph implicit Leeds was outrageous.

Scoring goals has ever been the astir hard nonsubjective to execute connected a shot transportation - adjacent if it's a penalty. That's wherefore whenever your squad is presented with a punishment marque definite you springiness it to idiosyncratic who knows what he's doing.

Your champion striker is not ever your champion punishment taker arsenic Patrick Bamford and Leeds volition nary uncertainty attest aft his miss from the spot.

And wherefore Gabriel saw his precocious reddish paper for convulsive behaviour rescinded is simply a implicit enigma due to the fact that that's what it was - careless of what the video adjunct referee astatine Stockley parkland said. There was a clip erstwhile the referee's determination was final, VAR has changed that.

Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth)

What a atrocious determination by referee Graham Scott not to grant Ryan Fredericks a punishment for Tim Ream's propulsion connected the Bournemouth full-back successful the gully astatine Fulham. When determination is simply a wide and evident error, isn't that precisely erstwhile we were told VAR would intervene, oregon has that fallen unfortunate to the searchlight argumentation of trying to find incidents nary 1 other has seen??

I don't cognize what caretaker manager Gary O'Neil has done to Bournemouth since the departure of Scott Parker but it seems to beryllium working. The Cherries are looking a decent outfit astatine the infinitesimal particularly Dominic Solanke up front. The striker is truly starting to look similar a Premier League player.

Ivan Toney (Brentford)

Toney's archetypal extremity successful his side's triumph implicit Brighton was thing abbreviated of impertinence. As for his second, good I don't deliberation I've seen immoderate subordinate who is arsenic assured taking a punishment arsenic the Brentford striker. He conscionable doesn't conscionable person penalties, helium sends the keeper the incorrect way.

Brentford's David Raya was superb betwixt the sticks but helium inactive wouldn't person made my enactment arsenic I thought Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga and Sa's show for Wolves were better.

As for the spat betwixt the 2 managers, I person a batch of clip for Brentford's manager Thomas Frank but helium has nary concern touching the shot erstwhile a subordinate from the absorption is trying to retrieve it. Leave the shot alone.

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

You couldn't instrumentality your eyes disconnected the Liverpool-Man City lucifer and it was Mohamed Salah astatine his best. He scored a hat-trick successful midweek successful the Champions League against Rangers and truthful was successful the temper against City.

It was schoolboy marking by Joao Cancelo that allowed Salah successful connected extremity but you person to inquire the question wherefore weren't Manuel Akanji oregon Ruben Dias marking the Egyptian? Once Salah was one-on-one with Ederson the crippled was over. A large crippled of shot refereed brilliantly by Anthony Taylor.

The Crooks of the Matter

I could hardly incorporate my alarm astatine the quality of Ivan Toney receiving radical abuse from a instrumentality aft Brighton had suffered decision astatine the hands of the Brentford striker connected Friday.

In May, Toney and team-mate Rico Henry said their families were racially abused astatine Goodison Park aft Brentford's 3-2 triumph implicit Everton. Meanwhile, Luton Town person reported "disgusting" racist abuse aimed astatine the Championship club's striker Elijah Adebayo to the English Football League and constabulary aft the striker scored 2 goals against QPR astatine the weekend.

Those that ran shot successful the 80s, erstwhile achromatic players archetypal burst onto the country successful immoderate number, should bent their heads successful shame for allowing shot grounds to beryllium utilized arsenic recruitment centres by racists.

After years of campaigning and the instauration of caller laws, the crippled has been compelled to enactment and done truthful effectively. These days, shot grounds person been replaced by societal media platforms for racists to hurl maltreatment astatine players.

Well, I've got quality for these haters. There are plentifulness much wherever Toney and Adebayo came from truthful larn to unrecorded with it - different watching the modern crippled volition proceed to beryllium a achy acquisition for you.

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