UEFA Champions League: Matchday four team of the week
Another week of the UEFA Champions League has gone by as we get closer to knowing who might make it to the knockout stages of club football’s biggest competition. Matchday four produced several high scoring games and some nail-biting finishes.Bayern Munich’s 5-1 demolition of Arsenal was probably the biggest game of matchday four as the Bundesliga giants are gradually emerging as the team to beat in this year’s edition of the Champions League.There were numerous inspiring and exciting individual performances in all the 16 encounters on matchday four as we pick the best 11 across all the teams involved for our team of the week.
#1 Goalkeeper
David de Gea
The Manchester United shot stopper’s transfer fiasco in the summer has but all been forgotten as he has been in exceptional form for the Red Devils so far this season. The Spanish International put in a solid performance for United at home against group rivals CSKA Moskva.
United went on to win the game 1-0 and moved to the top of Group B, and De Gea finished with yet another clean sheet. The 24-year-old made a sublime save to prevent CSKA Moskva striker Seydou Doumbia from scoring the opener when one on one with the striker in the 78th minute. It turned out to be a match-winning save as United secured all three points.