Matchday FM Team of the Week: Matchday Eight

Each week, Matchday FM pundit Chris Coughlin will bring you his Team of the Week from the top flight, as well as some honourable mentions who just missed the cut.

Goalkeeper - Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)

Only one winner this week.

Edouard Mendy was sensational for Chelsea at Brentford, making six saves - his joint most in a Premier League game including outstanding stops to deny Pontus Jansson and Christian Norgaard.

It's also his 20th clean sheet in 38 Premier League appearances - only Petr Cech, Pepe Reina & Alisson Becker have made fewer apps to keep their first 20 PL clean sheets,

Right-back: Tino Livramento (Southampton)

Saints have found a gem in Tino Livramento.

The former Chelsea academy product has been nothing short of spectacular in his debut senior campaign so far, establishing himself as first choice at St Marys and he was excellent yet again against Leeds.

Even at this stage, Southampton will sure be anticipating interest in the youngster.

Centre-back: Lewis Dunk (Brighton)

Barring one moment of madness which Norwich somehow didn't profit from, this was another excellent display from the Brighton captain.

He made four clearances, made two tackles and interceptions as well as having a passing accuracy of over 95% as the Seagulls kept yet another clean sheet this term.

Centre-back: Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham)

I was impressed by West Ham from the first whistle at Goodison.

Even though Ogbonna wasn't overly tested by Salomon Rondon, given that he made the decisive contribution, he has to make my team.

A lovely glancing header to earn David Moyes a deserved win against his former club.

Left-back: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea)

There's a really good battle for the left-wingback spot at Stamford Bridge this season and Ben Chillwell is making the most of his chance in recent weeks.

It was a thunderous strike from the England international to win this West London Derby and in 13 Premier League appearances under Thomas Tuchel, Chilwell has only failed to register a clean sheet, goal or assist in three of them.

Centre-midfield: Declan Rice (West Ham)

How good is this lad?

We already know Declan Rice has immense quality but he's taken his game to a different level over the last year and he was simply unplayable against Everton.

Whether he will add more forward contributions to his game is yet to be seen but the sky is the limit for Rice.

Centre-midfield: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

It's business as usual for Kevin De Bruyne who found the back of the net for the second game in a row to eventually put Manchester City beyond Burnley's stubborn resistance.

There's still plenty to come from De Bruyne and co this season but he looks like he's warming up to play a huge role in the coming months.

Right-midfield: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Week after week, Mo Salah makes headlines.

No record broken this week (in the Premier League at least) but another wonderful contribution from Liverpool's inform Egyptian.

His outside-of-the-foot assist for Sadio Mane was inch perfect before he went alone for the second consecutive game to add the Reds' fourth.

If there's a better player in Europe right now, I haven't seen them.

Left-midfield: Nathan Redmond (Southampton)

It's been a tough start to the season for Southampton but this could be a huge win for them, within Nathan Redmond playing a key role.

The often frustrating wide man teed up Armado Broja to blast home the much needed winning goal against Leeds.

Consistency has always been Redmond's issue but if he finds it, Saints have a real chance to pull away from trouble looking at their fixture run.

Striker: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

You can't keep a good man down, especially not against one of the worst defences in the league.

Spurs fans might've feared the worse after Callum Wilson's second minute opener but it was all Spurs for the rest of the first half after that.

Kane showed his delicate but deadly touch to give Nuno's men the lead after a VAR review and bag his first Premier League goal of the season before finding his partner-in-crime Heung Min-Son to spoil the St James' Park party.

Striker: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

Liverpool gave the ball to Bobby and he scored...three times.

There's been plenty of questions of Firmino's goalscoring over recent seasons so this was a great moment for Liverpool's much admired number 9.

Yes, he quite possibly won't score three easier goals in his career but you have to be there to score them nonetheless.

Honourable mentions

Goalkeeper: David De Gea (Manchester Utd)

This might be the first time I've selected a player on the losing side, and it might sound crazy to mention a goalkeeper who conceded four, but David De Gea was responsible for this game not being beyond Utd earlier than it was.

His save from Tielemans in particular was outstanding to tip the ball onto the post but he was powerless to prevent any of the Foxes' four goals.

Defender: Romain Saiss (Wolves)

What a sensational comeback from Wolves at Villa Park triggered by Romain Saiss' goal 10 minutes from time.

The Moroccan has made a habit of being in the right-place over the last season or so and this proved to be a crucial moment as Bruno Lage's men claimed a third win in a row and fourth in their last five games.

Midfielder: Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)

This lad is brilliant, simply brilliant.

Youri Tieleman's is one of my favourite midfielders in the league and this performance highlighted just why.

He scooped a perfectly judged effort into the top corner to draw Leicester level and dominated the midfield after that. He's a special talent and only getting better.

Forward: Armando Broja (Southampton)

Another young Saints starlet with Chelsea connections, Armando Broja has been in fine form for Albania and broke his Premier League duck with the breakthrough against Leeds.

Ralph Hassenhuttl's men have struggled for an out-and-out goalscorer since the departure of Danny Ings but the hope will be that Broja has establish himself as suitable replacement.