Haaland, Kane and Firmino lead prolific XI: Premier League team of the week

Liverpool's record-equaling win over Bournemouth the highlight from the latest round of matches

PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE WEEEK: GK: Dean Henderson (Nottingham Forest). Despite conceding twice, it could have been worse for Forest against Tottenham without Henderson’s interventions. Produced four saves, including a Harry Kane penalty, to keep his side in the game before the England captain struck his second late on. Could do with losing the baseball cap, though. AFP

RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool). Came in for criticism after the defeat to Manchester United but responded superbly with a long-range stunner and a clean sheet in Liverpool’s 9-0 hammering of Bournemouth. Getty

CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool). Outings won’t come much easier this season for the Dutch defender, who got on the scoresheet and looked back to his old, imposing self as Liverpool equalled the biggest win in Premier League history. AFP

CB: Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United). Excellent against Liverpool and followed it up with another commanding display at Southampton. The noise that he’s too short for the Premier League will keep getting quieter if he maintains this form. Getty

LB: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool). Perhaps outshone by his fellow full-back but a fine performance, nonetheless. Robertson chipped in with an assist and played his part in a rampant Liverpool win. Getty

CM: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United). Retained the captain’s armband, with Harry Maguire left on the bench again, and led from the front, scoring the only goal of the game at Southampton to give United a bit of momentum. EPA

CM: Bernardo Silva (Manchester City). Lauded by Pep Guardiola after playing a key role in City’s fightback to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 having trailed 2-0 at the break. The Portuguese midfielder scored their first and was superb on the right side of City’s midfield. AP

ACM: Raheem Sterling (Chelsea). Needing a response to last week’s mauling at Leeds and reduced to 10 men against Leicester, Chelsea needed someone to step up and take charge. Sterling did just that with his first two goals since arriving in the summer to give Chelsea an important win. Getty

LF: Harry Kane (Tottenham). Grabbed his third and fourth league goals of the season with a double against Forest, scoring early and late in the contest to guide Tottenham to victory, crossing the 200 league goals mark in the process. Missed a penalty but that shouldn’t detract from a good performance. Getty

RF: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool). The star player of the week, the Brazilian scored twice and helped himself to three assists in Liverpool’s humiliation of Bournemouth. With Sadio Mane sold to Bayern Munich, Darwin Nunez serving a suspension, and Diogo Jota injured, Firmino showed Liverpool still have plenty of firepower. Getty

CF: Erling Haaland (Manchester City). He will need time to adapt, Guardiola warned. Hardly. The Norwegian striker scored a hat-trick to inspire City’s comeback win over Palace and move top of the Premier League scoring charts on six. Haaland is just as phenomenal as we all suspected. AP

It was a Premier League week in which strikers earned most of the headlines, led by an inspired display from Roberto Firmino in Liverpool's record-equalling 9-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.

The Brazilian striker scored twice and got a hat-trick of assists as the Reds earned their first win of the season. In terms of a response from their 2-1 defeat at Manchester United, it was about as emphatic is it could get.

The weekend started with United claiming back-to-back wins, grinding past Southampton 1-0 at St Mary's Stadium, courtesy of Bruno Fernandes' goal, to end a run of of seven straight Premier League away defeats.

At the traditional Saturday afternoon kick-off time, champions Manchester City recovered from being 2-0 down to Crystal Palace at halftime to win 4-2, thanks in no small part to an Erling Haaland hat-trick, while Brentford and Everton played out a 1-1 draw, and Brighton beat Leeds United 1-0.

Chelsea bounced back from their shock defeat to Leeds to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, despite being reduced to 10 men after Conor Gallagher's red card. Raheem Sterling scored his first Chelsea goals to ensure a much-needed win for Thomas Tuchel's side.

In Saturday's late game, Arsenal maintained their perfect start to the season by beating Fulham 2-1 at the Emirates, recovering from falling behind to Aleksandar Mitrovic's opener with goals from Martin Odegaard and defender Gabriel.

On Sunday, West Ham registered their first win of the season, defeating struggling Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park, before Allan Saint-Maximin scored a screamer for Newcastle United to earn a late 1-1 draw against Wolves. In the final game of the round, Harry Kane scored twice and missed a penalty as Tottenham beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 at the City Ground.

Given how this past weekend's Premier League matches played out, the latest team of the week is very attacking. It might lack balance but it certainly won't lack goals!

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