Premier League team of the week: Arsenal trio joined by Man City & Man United stars in BBC XI
The latest Premier League team of the week is in, with Arsenal dominating as three of their players make it in, alongside other big names like Kevin De Bruyne and Manchester United wonderkid Kobbie Mainoo.
The Gunners are now top of the Premier League table on goal difference, benefiting from an impressive 3-0 win away to Brighton on Saturday, while Liverpool then dropped points with a 2-2 draw away to Man Utd on Sunday.
Arsenal may now be slight favourites for the Premier League title, and so it’s hardly surprising that their most impressive performers like Declan Rice, William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes are now in the latest BBC Sport team from Garth Crooks.
See below for the line up in full…
It’s a slightly odd formation from Crooks, as we often see, with Rice and De Bruyne deployed as wingers or wing-backs, though it’s certainly a quality team in general, with Bruno Guimaraes and Mainoo looking like a superb pairing in midfield.
That three-man defence of Arsenal duo Saliba and Gabriel alongside Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven is also a very solid-looking back line, while Everton’s Jordan Pickford is always a pretty safe bet in goal.
Rice and Mainoo the ideal midfield pairing for England?
The impressive performances of Mainoo will have given Gareth Southgate an interesting headache as he picks his midfield for England at Euro 2024 this summer.
Fans buying Euro 2024 tickets will surely already be thinking ahead to what kind of England line up they’ll be seeing in the upcoming tournament, and it’s fair to say Southgate is not short of options.
The Three Lions boss could go for a more experienced midfield with the likes of Jordan Henderson or Kalvin Phillips alongside Rice, while Jude Bellingham could also play a slightly deeper
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