Troy Deeney's Team of the Week: Kluivert, Nunez, Foden, Kerkez 
2025-01-21
Category: sports

After every round of Premier League matches this season, BBC football pundit Troy Deeney will give you his team and manager of the week.Here are this week's choices. Do you agree? Share your thoughts using the comments form at the bottom of this page.
Ederson (Manchester City): Some might say, 'Oh 6-0, he didn't really have much to do', but I feel like he needed a clean sheet. He's had a bit of a torrid time of late. 
Matty Cash (Aston Villa): He played well against Arsenal. He got an assist for the second goal providing the cross for Ollie Watkins. And he was an integral part in how Villa got back into the game after going two goals down.Chris Richards (Crystal Palace): With Trevoh Chalobah returning to Chelsea, it was a big game for him in which he needed to step up. There were a lot of eyes on him and he delivered.Joachim Andersen (Fulham): I still can't believe Crystal Palace let him go. He continues to show his class and deliver.Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth): I struggle to see how Bournemouth are going to be able to keep hold of him. He is scoring goals for fun and has an unbelievable engine on him. He defends well, gets forward excellently. A really, really good player. 
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool): He was excellent against Brentford and was a growing influence throughout the game. He looks comfortable in Arne Slot's side now. He hit the bar with one of the best strikes I have ever seen, and on another day he could have had five.Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa): He scored an excellent goal against Arsenal and he was unfortunate to hit the post afterwards too. He is a really solid player. Can he deliver even more? Probably. At this moment in time Villa fans will be happy to see him playing regularly and stepping up for their side.Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth): He scored a hat-trick of penalties earlier on in the season, but his three goals at Newcastle were all unbelievable finishes. The precision and technique to just pass it into the goal was excellent.
Phil Foden (Manchester City): He looks like the player we have been screaming for since the back end of last season, with back-to-back games in which he has scored a couple and assisted another. He and City look like they are getting their mojo back.Iliman Ndiaye (Everton): He was excellent against a Tottenham side that looked lost for most of the game. He's been Everton's best attacking spark all season and it is nice to see him playing with a smile back on his face.Darwin Nunez (Liverpool): This was the toughest choice of the week. Nunez came on against Brentford and instantly changed the game. Two good finishes, could have been sent off - it was the best cameo I have seen in a long time. Pure madness.An honourable mention is needed for Jean-Philippe Mateta, who scored twice for Crystal Palace in their win at West Ham. 
Enzo Maresca (Chelsea): The Wolves game was massive for Maresca. It was getting towards squeaky bum time for him - there has been a lot of pressure building in recent weeks. He called Chalobah back from Crystal Palace and started him, which was a big call, and it paid off. They had to win and they got the job done.
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