Garth Crooks has named three Manchester United players in his latest Premier League team of the week for BBC Sport, after an important 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
Looking back at the weekend and the race for top four, it was a good weekend for the Reds. Newcastle and Tottenham lost and we took all three points, despite being hit with a number of injuries which pretty much erased most of Erik ten Hag’s defensive options.
Without further ado, here’s Crooks’ Premier League team of the week:
United actually have more players in this week’s TOTW than any other Premier League out.
David de Gea gets a nod, as does Diogo Dalot who played on the left, and Gary Neville’s man of the match Bruno Fernandes.
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Crooks was so impressed by De Gea that he thinks the Spaniard should be named club captain: “If there is one goalkeeper capable of winning a match having spent a considerable amount of time out of the action it is David de Gea. His performance against a stubborn Nottingham Forest wasn’t anything special but thoroughly dependable. De Gea has come a long way since the days he was talking about returning to his native Spain. The former international should now be the Manchester United club captain – he’s earned it.”
The BBC Sport column was also high of praise of match-winner Dalot, adding that the Portugal international was “outstanding in defence and always supportive in attack.”
Meanwhile, Fernandes could some tongue-in-cheek praise, just because he riles some people up the wrong way.
Crooks wrote: “The Portugal international is not everyone’s cup of tea but when he’s on his game he’s as good as any midfielder in the country.”
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