Two Leicester City players have made it into Jamie Redknapp’s Premier League Team of the Week for Daily Mail.
After their impressive showing in the 2-1 win over Sheffield United, James Maddison and Kasper Schmeichel have both been picked by the former Liverpool midfielder in a team that has no players from three of the Big Six.
Only Liverpool have more players in the XI (three), while Newcastle United – who beat Spurs 1-0 on Sunday – Chelsea and Leicester all have two each.
Here’s the team in full:
GK: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City)
LB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
CB: Joel Matip (Liverpool)
CB: Paul Dummett (Newcastle United)
LB: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace)
CM: David Silva (Manchester City)
CM: Mason Mount (Chelsea)
CM: James Maddison (Leicester City)
ST: Tammy Abraham (Chelsea)
ST: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
ST: Joelinton (Newcastle United)
Is anyone really surprised to see Leicester players featuring in a TOTW? If someone is, then he has not been following the Foxes for a while.
There has been no shortage of pundits who have tipped Brendan Rodgers to lead Leicester to a top six finish and the early signs are all good.
United’s poor start has injected more belief into the East Midlanders’ camp, and with the struggling Spurs set to play a very-very good looking Arsenal this weekend, fourth-placed Leicester will hope they can open up a gap of sorts early in the season.
They play AFC Bournemouth at home on Sunday and a win would mean that they stay in the top four.