EPL 2016/17: Team of the Week, Gameweek 22
The weekend kicked off to an unprecedented start as Swansea City beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time in their history. Tottenham Hotspur and both the Manchester clubs recorded draws, and it was left to Arsenal to keep Chelsea within arm’s reach which they did on the brink of full time, through an Alexis Sanchez spot kick. The league-leaders, on the other hand, were clinical as they disposed of Hull on Sunday night.
West Bromwich Albion were back to winning ways after their defeat last week as Southampton and Everton moved forward with victories of their own. Leicester City became the worst defending champions of England in 50 years and Sunderland slipped to last place.
With a telling matchday at an end, here’s a look at Sportskeeda’s Team of the week:
Goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois
Contrary to what the scoreline may suggest, Chelsea’s victory against Hull was a hard fought one as the plucky visitors were defiant in the face of waves of attack from the Blues. Courtois, who has probably had the least work to do as a goalkeeper in the league, put in two outstanding saves to thwart Harry Maguire and David Meyler.
Belgian’s instinctive efforts went a long way in keeping his side in the game as they went on to eventually pick up all three points.