EPL Team of the week

As usual, we had an amazing weekend with delightful scorelines, now we are going to let you know what we think our team of the week should look like.

Goalkeeper - Nick Pope (Burnley)

Nick Pope's save from Southampton's Sofiane Boufal wasn't bad, and his dive to his right to stop a certain goal from Nathan Redmond was very impressive. However, it was his push over the bar from a super strike from Maya Yoshida that was the match-saver for Burnley, at a time when I thought they were taking a bit of a hammering.

Pope has done brilliantly for the Clarets since he took over from the injured Tom Heaton. Not only did he keep his team in the game against Southampton but he provided them with a platform to go on and win it.

Defender - Steve Cook (Bournemouth)

Bournemouth's game against Newcastle would have been the best 0-0 draw of the season had Steve Cook not risen like a tower to nod home a fantastic winner for the Cherries. On reflection, they probably deserved it.

Scoring goals has always been the most difficult thing to do on a football pitch, and for Cook to do it in such dramatic circumstances must have been very painful for Newcastle.

Defender - Shane Duffy (Brighton)

The faith Chris Hughton has in his players must be immense and Shane Duffy certainly ranks amongst one of his best. His clearance to stop a cross destined for Tammy Abraham to side-foot into the net in the opening exchanges against Swansea was as intuitive as it was brilliant.

Defender - Lewis Dunk (Brighton)

Lewis Dunk's block on Abraham's shot in the dying moments of Brighton's win was about as emphatic a message as he could have given Swansea. The message was simply: 'You are not scoring today.' Indeed, the block was so solid I thought Abraham had broken his ankle on Dunk's boot. The newly called-up England striker was so desperate to announce his rise into the international squad with a goal, he didn't realise Dunk had got to the ball first but swung his foot in desperation anyway.

Midfielder - Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

Based on my TOTW selections, Kevin de Bruyne is on target to be my player of the season. We know all about his assists, but I think his ability to score goals is just as good. Quite apart from anything else, there can't be many players in the modern game who can strike the ball so cleanly.

Against Arsenal, Petr Cech made the mistake of not holding his first strike, an error compounded by his defenders giving the ball back to De Bruyne in order to give the Belgian another crack at goal. This time he didn't make any mistake. The ball ripped past Cech and set Manchester City up for a well-deserved victory.

Midfielder - N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)

It was no coincidence that Chelsea kept a clean sheet against Manchester United. They needed a couple of important saves from Thibaut Courtois, but more than anything they needed N'Golo Kante. The silent force was back after a nasty hamstring injury he suffered playing for France - and he was back to his best, covering the park like a gazelle.

Midfielder - Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Eden Hazard did his best against Roma but not even he could energise his team. It was a different matter entirely against Manchester United. You just know when players are up for it and, from the kick-off, Hazard had every intention of hurting United whenever possible.

Midfielder - Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield)

Rajiv van La Parra's match-winner against West Brom was such a glorious effort I could watch it a thousand times and not get bored. I had to see the strike from the camera angle behind the goal to really appreciate the quality of the finish - it gives you a much greater appreciation of how La Parra collects the ball, takes a look at the target, lines up the shot and executes it with such excellent precision. Ben Foster could only watch the ball fly past him into the top left-hand corner of the net.

Forward - Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Mohamed Salah makes my TOTW - and quite rightly. The Egypt international was too quick, too skilful and far too impressive in front of goal to give the Hammers any chance of coming away with anything from this game. Six goals in five games, and 12 for Liverpool in all competitions so far this season, says it all really.

Forward - Alvaro Morata (Chelsea)

What a header by Alvaro Morata. The modern game has changed to such an extent you simply don't see many classic headers like the one Morata scored against Manchester United. But, more than that, it was the way the Spain international led the line and linked up with Hazard that must give the Stamford Bridge faithful some reason to believe that retaining the title is not completely out of the question.

Forward - Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)

It's looks like Riyad Mahrez is enjoying his football again. This is the second time he has made my TOTW in consecutive weeks. Last week he was in sparkling form against Everton, and at Stoke he was skipping past defenders as though they weren't there.

It was Mahrez's beautifully flighted corners that caused Stoke so many problems throughout the game and led to Leicester's first goal. Mahrez then had a shot from all of 35 yards that seem to waltz its way towards the goal before dipping so viciously it took all of Jack Butland's skill and ingenuity to keep this rocket of a strike from going into the net. How a player built so slightly can generate so much power never ceases to amaze me. Yet it was his goal that was so impressive. Having floated past Erik Pieters and danced around Kevin Wimmer, he smashed it past Butland.

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