Chelsea are represented in the latest Premier League team of the week that has been selected by BBC pundit Garth Crooks following the clash with Manchester United.
Actually Garth is now down as a ‘Football Analyst’ these days, a posh term for a pundit then!
The performance by Willian in the two one defeat to Manchester United at the weekend at Old Trafford was enough to earn them a place in the side alongside the other, in the opinion of the former Spurs striker anyway, most impressive performers in the topflight over the latest weekend.
I think we’ll already know ourselves, and not just based on the latest performance, why Crooks, we’ll also not argue with it, selected Willian as part of his team but explaining his choice he told the BBC.
‘This lad was outstanding against Barcelona in midweek, and again against Manchester United at Old Trafford. But manager Antonio Conte is losing it. The Chelsea boss brings off Eden Hazard (his star man) when Alvaro Morata is having a nightmare, and Conte wonders why he lost the game.’
It’s always good to see the club represented in this way, and well played to Willian for his recognition, but the most important thing about the weekend was of course the win and that wasn’t managed.
Full Team:
Claudio Bravo (Manchester City), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), Willian (Chelsea), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United), Glenn Murray (Brighton).
