Every week we pick 22 of the best performing players in Europe’s top five leagues and, with your help, narrow it down to the best XI.
\nUsing polls on our Instagram stories, we pit players in each position against each other and let you decide who deserves to make the cut.
\nFollow our\u00a0Instagram page\u00a0to get involved.
\nHere’s\u00a0what our\u00a0latest\u00a0European Team of the Week\u00a0looks like:
\nGK:\u00a0Illan Meslier\u00a0(Leeds United)
\nSolid showing between the sticks against Chelsea, denying Thomas Tuchel’s side by making\u00a0eight saves in a goalless draw. Meslier commanded his box well, claiming crosses with confidence to help secure a much needed clean sheet for this defence.
\nRB:\u00a0Joao Cancelo (Man City)
\nDangerous at the top end of the pitch. Whipped in a great delivery from a free-kick to assist\u00a0John Stones’ opener. He had to be strong at the back as well with Ademola Lookman to content with and made seven tackles in the 3-0 win over Fulham.
\nCB:\u00a0Wesley Fofana (Leicester City)
\nStellar at the back, going about his business with minimum fuss, registering three tackles and four clearances. But he really impressed every time he stepped out of defence with the ball, striding forward confidently and progressing play up the pitch.
\nCB:\u00a0Harry Maguire (Man United)
\nManchester United dominated the ball in their 1-0 win against West Ham but Maguire still managed to stand out with key defensive interventions when called upon. He was a colossus at the back with five aerials won, seven clearances and one goal-saving block.
\nLeading by example \u00a9\ufe0f@HarryMaguire93 was at his very best in #MUNWHU \u270a#MUFC— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 15, 2021
\nLB:\u00a0Robin Gosens (Atalanta)
\nContinued his rich vein of form with another assist in a 3-1 win over Spezia.\u00a0It was the fifth time\u00a0he turned provider\u00a0this season in Serie A, while the attack-minded left-back also has\u00a0nine goals to his name.
\nCM:\u00a0Rodrigo de Paul\u00a0(Udinese)
\nSomewhat wayward with his passing in a 1-1 draw with Genoa, but was still key to Udinese going forward.\u00a0No one had more than his five dribbles in the game\u00a0and he rescued a point with an expertly dispatched penalty.
\nCM:\u00a0Luis Alberto (Lazio)
\nExcellent strike to score from outside the box to cap a dominant display in the middle of the park. Alberto had the most touches [103] and made the most key passes [6] in the game.
\nCM:\u00a0Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
\nA clever flicked header from a corner found Leon Goretzka to score the opener.\u00a0Muller’s second\u00a0assist\u00a0came from a brilliant bit of play at the end of a fine move to set up Serge Gnabry.
\nLast season Thomas Muller broke the single season assist record in the Bundesliga with 21.This season he has 13 in 23 games, the most across Europe\u2019s top five leagues ? pic.twitter.com\/XiJykWFbD0— B\/R Football (@brfootball) March 13, 2021
\nFW:\u00a0Kelechi Iheanacho\u00a0(Leicester City)
\nBursting with confidence having scored in three-consecutive appearances. It was\u00a0a great all-round display from Iheanacho as\u00a0he bagged a hat-trick with a superb strike from distance for his third. In truth, he should’ve had more.
\nFW:\u00a0Robert Lewandowski\u00a0(Bayern Munich)
\nThe goal machine continues to edge close to Gerd Muller’s all-time Bundesliga record of 40 goals in a single season with his 32nd of the campaign. He was unlucky not to score\u00a0more as well, hitting the woodwork twice in another top performance.
\nFW:\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0(Juventus)
\nHeader, right foot, left foot – a perfect hat-trick to mark the 57th of his career for Ronaldo. The 36-year-old’s future and, indeed, value has come into question since Juventus’ Champions League elimination last week and this was an emphatic and familiar response from the Portuguese.
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Every week we pick 22 of the best performing players in Europe\u2019s top five leagues and, with your help, narrow it down to the best XI.
\nUsing polls on our Instagram stories, we pit players in each position against each other and let you decide who deserves to make the cut.
\nFollow our\u00a0Instagram page\u00a0to get involved.
\nHere\u2019s\u00a0what our\u00a0latest\u00a0European Team of the Week\u00a0looks like:
\nGK:\u00a0Illan Meslier\u00a0(Leeds United)
\nSolid showing between the sticks against Chelsea, denying Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side by making\u00a0eight saves in a goalless draw. Meslier commanded his box well, claiming crosses with confidence to help secure a much needed clean sheet for this defence.
\nRB:\u00a0Joao Cancelo (Man City)
\nDangerous at the top end of the pitch. Whipped in a great delivery from a free-kick to assist\u00a0John Stones\u2019 opener. He had to be strong at the back as well with Ademola Lookman to content with and made seven tackles in the 3-0 win over Fulham.
\nCB:\u00a0Wesley Fofana (Leicester City)
\nStellar at the back, going about his business with minimum fuss, registering three tackles and four clearances. But he really impressed every time he stepped out of defence with the ball, striding forward confidently and progressing play up the pitch.
\nCB:\u00a0Harry Maguire (Man United)
\nManchester United dominated the ball in their 1-0 win against West Ham but Maguire still managed to stand out with key defensive interventions when called upon. He was a colossus at the back with five aerials won, seven clearances and one goal-saving block.
\nLeading by example \u00a9\ufe0f@HarryMaguire93 was at his very best in #MUNWHU \u270a#MUFC\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 15, 2021
\nLB:\u00a0Robin Gosens (Atalanta)
\nContinued his rich vein of form with another assist in a 3-1 win over Spezia.\u00a0It was the fifth time\u00a0he turned provider\u00a0this season in Serie A, while the attack-minded left-back also has\u00a0nine goals to his name.
\nCM:\u00a0Rodrigo de Paul\u00a0(Udinese)
\nSomewhat wayward with his passing in a 1-1 draw with Genoa, but was still key to Udinese going forward.\u00a0No one had more than his five dribbles in the game\u00a0and he rescued a point with an expertly dispatched penalty.
\nCM:\u00a0Luis Alberto (Lazio)
\nExcellent strike to score from outside the box to cap a dominant display in the middle of the park. Alberto had the most touches [103] and made the most key passes [6] in the game.
\nCM:\u00a0Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
\nA clever flicked header from a corner found Leon Goretzka to score the opener.\u00a0Muller\u2019s second\u00a0assist\u00a0came from a brilliant bit of play at the end of a fine move to set up Serge Gnabry.
\nLast season Thomas Muller broke the single season assist record in the Bundesliga with 21.This season he has 13 in 23 games, the most across Europe\u2019s top five leagues ? pic.twitter.com\/XiJykWFbD0\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) March 13, 2021
\nFW:\u00a0Kelechi Iheanacho\u00a0(Leicester City)
\nBursting with confidence having scored in three-consecutive appearances. It was\u00a0a great all-round display from Iheanacho as\u00a0he bagged a hat-trick with a superb strike from distance for his third. In truth, he should\u2019ve had more.
\nFW:\u00a0Robert Lewandowski\u00a0(Bayern Munich)
\nThe goal machine continues to edge close to Gerd Muller\u2019s all-time Bundesliga record of 40 goals in a single season with his 32nd of the campaign. He was unlucky not to score\u00a0more as well, hitting the woodwork twice in another top performance.
\nFW:\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0(Juventus)
\nHeader, right foot, left foot \u2013 a perfect hat-trick to mark the 57th of his career for Ronaldo. The 36-year-old\u2019s future and, indeed, value has come into question since Juventus\u2019 Champions League elimination last week and this was an emphatic and familiar response from the Portuguese.
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