Just one game to go with the title on the line, it will come as absolutely no surprise that the Premier League XI of the season is dominated by the duo vying for the gong on Sunday.
We tried but couldn’t separate Manchester City and Liverpool, with players from just three other sides forcing their way into a team awash with sky blue and red.
GK: Jose Sa (Wolves)
The Golden Glove will be decided on the final day with Ederson and Alisson locked on 20 clean sheets apiece; we’re lucky that Jose Sa was signed in the summer so we don’t have to separate the cool Brazilian pair.
The 29-year-old not only has comfortably the best save percentage in the Premier League with 79.7%, but has also made more saves (119) than all but Illan Meslier (135) and David de Gea (122). Post-Shot Expected Goals minus Goals Allowed is, first of all, a mouthful, but essentially shows a goalkeeper’s ability to save a shot. Positive numbers are good and Sa is way out in front on +9.7, with Alisson on +4.7 and Ederson on -0.8. Wolves would be in the bottom half without him.
RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Champions League, Super Cup, Club World Cup, Premier League, League Cup and now the FA Cup. This child has completed club football at the age of 23. He’s so good that you’ve got to wonder whether Liverpool would have won any of it without him. All those years of bridesmaiding and then as soon as Trent rocks up, Liverpool put on the veil and walk down the aisle. They’ve clung to the bouquet ever since.
Did Jurgen Klopp always plan to use full-backs as the primary creative outlets in his team? Or did he have a look at an academy training session, see Alexander-Arnold and think ‘bloody hell, that could work’. And boy, has it. Another 19 assists this season to take his career tally to 66. He’s a right-back, FFS.
CB: Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)
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