Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Watkins and Wirtz make the cut

Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool): His influence is very simple: if he plays well, Liverpool play well. Obviously he got a goal against a Wolves team that they had to break down, nice finish. You don’t really get that much credit for scoring against Wolves if I’m being totally honest, but he was very instrumental.

Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City): Probably his best game since the first game of the season against Wolves. Not only the goal but his impact on the game. He’s starting to show what he did at AC Milan. I really like him as a player.

Florian Wirtz (Liverpool): Again, he scored against Wolves – who will probably go down as the worst team in Premier League history – but he’s growing into it and starting to fill into the shirt. Maybe the absences of Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak have made players start to play through him – and he’s starting to be the player we all believed he could be.

Rayan Cherki (Manchester City): For me, he’s the best player in world football to watch at the moment. He tries things and he’s confident on the ball. Even when he makes mistakes, he doesn’t care and tries again. He finished the weekend with a goal and an assist. He’s the most exciting footballer to watch at this moment in time, and I say that over Lamine Yamal and everyone else.

Kevin Schade (Brentford): If you score a hat-trick, you end up in the Team of the Week. It’s as simple as that. I nearly put Keith Andrews as the manager of the week.