Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Fernandes, Salah, Cunha, Isak, Onana

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): He’s just excellent, isn’t he? Every time I think he’s going to slow down or he’s ready to leave he gets better and better. He gets another goal and assist in a huge weekend for Liverpool, after Manchester City lost. It was an opportunity for Liverpool to kick on and they were excellent against Aston Villa.

Matheus Cunha (Wolves): There are few games I have been to this year when I look at one player and think ‘he is better than every other player on that pitch’. But Cunha was miles better than Southampton and his Wolves team-mates. He was a level of class above. Look at the way he carries the ball and the defensive work he does – and it was the first time my wife has told me off for screaming at a goal, when he put his strike in the top corner. So he gets extra credit for making me lose my composure.

Yoane Wissa (Brentford): Two more goals for Wissa, who goes under the radar. When Ivan Toney was at Brentford he was the main man and now everyone thinks this is Bryan Mbeumo’s team, but in the last 18 months Wissa has been excellent. When he’s fit and available Brentford look like a proper outfit.

Alexander Isak (Newcastle): A first time in the team this season for Isak. He got a goal and an assist against Forest and had great link-up play. He could have scored another one in the second half as well. When Newcastle were up against it he went ‘right, watch this’. He can turn it up a level and dragged his team with him.