Premier League team of the week: Gameweek 21

Nketiah scored crucial goals
Nketiah scored crucial goals / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages
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Well that was a fun weekend of football, wasn't it?

We watched an all-time great clash between Arsenal and Manchester United, an all-time great striker in Harry Kane hit another goalscoring milestone and an all-time great defender in Thiago Silva put in another masterclass for Chelsea.

Here's 90min's team of the week after all that fun...

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GK: David Raya - There's a very good reason he's being linked with some of Europe's top clubs, and that reason is that he's brilliant.

RB: Emerson Royal - Yep, really. Emerson Royal blocked out the haters on Monday and put in a proper solid performance for Antonio Conte's Tottenham in the win over Fulham.

CB: Thiago Silva - Another week, another brilliant performance. Thiago Silva is still one of the best in the world.

CB: Max Wober - The new signing impressed in his first Premier League start, helping keep Ivan Toney quiet in Leeds' 0-0 draw with Brentford.

LB: Oleksandr Zinchenko - The signing of the summer? Probably. Zinchenko was at his best once again against Manchester United on Sunday.

RM: Bukayo Saka - The young England star scored a brilliant goal in the win over Man Utd and was generally a thorn in the Red Devils' side all afternoon.

CM: Granit Xhaka - His brilliant season continued in gameweek 21. This is the best version of Xhaka we've ever seen.

CM: Kevin De Bruyne - KDB has been in basically every team of the week for the last eight seasons. Bagged yet another assist over the weekend.

LM: Kaoru Mitoma - Leandro Trossard who? Mitoma has been in irrepressible form since being given a place in the starting lineup, scoring one of the better goals you'll see this month in the draw with Leicester City.

ST: Eddie Nketiah - Nketiah may have scored the two most important goals of the season on Sunday.

ST: Erling Haaland - 25 goals in the league and it's January. He's different gravy.