Newcastle pair named in XI after win at Tottenham: Premier League team of the week

Haaland back in the side after his double for Manchester City against Brighton

PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE WEEK: GK: Dean Henderson (Nottingham Forest). Produced massive saves to preserve Forest’s clean sheet against Liverpool and earn a hugely important win for the promoted side. The pick of the bunch was the low diving effort to keep out Virgil Van Dijk’s close-range header late on. PA

RB: Timothy Castagne (Leicester City). Set up Leicester’s fourth at Wolves with a pinpoint cross into the box to find Jamie Vardy. Marauded down the right flank all match and helped the Foxes keep a clean sheet, although much of that was owed to goalkeeper Danny Ward, who on another week would have taken the gloves in this team were it not for Henderson’s heroics. Getty

CB: Kurt Zouma (West Ham). His goal may have been contentious, but he took it well nonetheless with a glancing header. Rock solid at the back as West Ham beat Bournemouth to surge seven places up the table. AP

CB: Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United). The Argentine revelled in the scrappy contest against Chelsea and didn’t put a foot wrong, winning several tackles and marshalling his defence well. After a shaky start he has settled nicely into the Premier League. Reuters

LB: Dan Burn (Newcastle United). Centre-back moved out to the left against Tottenham, Burn was a dependable presence in the Newcastle backline to help his side to an impressive win, which moved the Magpies into the top four. Getty

CM: Youri Tielemans (Leicester City). Scored an absolute worldie to send Leicester on their way to a convincing win at Wolves. The Belgian then continued to work his magic in midfield as the Foxes ran out 4-0 winners. Getty

CM: Casemiro (Manchester United). Dominated the midfield against Chelsea for much of the first half before Blues manager Graham Potter made a tactical change. Then, once the match had become more even, the Brazilian popped up with a sumptuous header in stoppage time to earn United a deserved draw. AFP

RW: Miguel Almiron (Newcastle United). What a season the Paraguayan is having so far. Scored his sixth goal of 2022/23 and it was another beauty, slaloming through the Tottenham defence to slot past Hugo Lloris. Getty

LW: Leon Bailey (Aston Villa). Scored the first, assisted the second and set up the fourth with a fine ball to Ollie Watkins as Villa ran riot against Brentford. Despite a stop-start, injury-afflicted Villa career so far, the Jamaican has always been a big talent and this display showed him at his best. Getty

CF: Danny Ings (Aston Villa). Helped himself to a brace, the first a proper striker’s finish inside the area before a well-taken penalty as Villa quickly moved on from Steven Gerrard with an assured performance against Brentford. PA

CF: Erling Haaland (Manchester City). After his barren run of one game, the Norwegian scored his 16th and 17th Premier League goals of the season. The first displayed his pace and power, and the second his calmness from the spot as City returned to winning ways against Brighton. PA

Gatecrashing the Premier League top four has always been difficult, but Newcastle United are showing early signs that they might be able to achieve it this season.

A solitary defeat and four wins and a draw in their last five games has Eddie Howe's side flying high, while Sunday's 2-1 win at Tottenham made a statement and moved them up to fourth in the table.

It certainly helps Newcastle's cause that some of their top four rivals are struggling, none more so than Liverpool, who contested the first match of the weekend on Saturday afternoon and fell to a shock 1-0 defeat to bottom side Nottingham Forest.

That was followed by two matches on the traditional Saturday kick-off as champions Manchester City bounced back from last weekend's defeat to Liverpool to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1, and Everton eased past Crystal Palace 3-0 at Goodison Park.

Saturday evening's game also did Newcastle some favours as Chelsea and Manchester United shared the points at Stamford Bridge with a 1-1 draw.

Sunday's fixtures began with Aston Villa swiftly moving on from Steven Gerrard with a thumping 4-0 win over Brentford, Fulham fighting back to beat Leeds United 3-2 at Elland Road, leaders Arsenal being held to a 1-1 draw at Southampton, and Leicester City earning successive wins with a 4-0 victory at Wolves.

Newcastle's win at Tottenham then rounded off Sunday's games, before West Ham beat Bournemouth 2-0 on Monday night to conclude the round.

After a weekend packed with fine individual performances, Jon Turner has selected his Premier League team of the week in the photo gallery above. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.