Premier League Team of the Week IV feat. Liverpool and Manchester City stars

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Attackers

Right-Forward: Romelu Lukaku (Everton)

The Belgian forward was a late-runner into the week’s pick, having ended a barren run of 1139 minutes without a goal in style with an 11 minute second-half hat-trick, the first to be scored in the Premier League this season. Lukaku subsequently became the first Everton player in 16 years to do so away from Goodison Park in the league, in what quickly turned into an eventual demolition job on former Toffees boss David Moyes’ Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

His first was a free header at the far post, Lukaku left in acres of space at the far post following a break up the pitch from a Sunderland corner, Idrissa Gueye chipping the ball onto the Belgian’s head to nod the Toffees ahead. He hit the woodwork with a superb turn and shot against the crossbar minutes later before heading in his second of the night, finding far too much space behind Lamine Koné to head home Yannick Bolasie’s cross.

And he wasn’t finished there, Lukaku continued to pile the misery on the Black Cats, completing his hat-trick after steering the ball left-footed beyond goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, played in by Kevin Mirallas for the simplest of finishes after Papy Djilobodji was pulled out of position by Gerard Deulofeu. A clinical show from the forward to get himself back on the Premier League scoring charts with a bang, on a night where he looked unplayable at times.

Centre-Forward: Diego Costa (Chelsea)

After an impressive international break, in which he bagged two goals following his recall to the Spain side, the Brazilian-born forward helped himself to another brace at Swansea which rescued a point for Antonio Conte’s men.

The Swans are a team which the Spain international seems to love terrorising, having now netted seven goals in four matches against the South Wales club. In truth. Costa looked unplayable at times during the entertaining affair at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, but he managed to embroil himself in further controversy and again may have arguably seen red before his double. He pounced on a show of poor defending from the hosts to edge the Blues ahead, but after Swansea had fought back to lead, he produced a superb acrobatic effort to haul the visitors level and keep the West Londoners second in the table.

Left-Forward: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

After his double against Leicester, Roberto Firmino’s 12 league goals put him ahead of any other Liverpool player since the start of last season, and his goals were merited after a scintillating performance in the absence of compatriot Philippe Coutinho.

The Brazilian, as did the remainder of his Liverpool teammates, wasted little time in picking the champions apart. He was a thorn in the side of the Foxes throughout, carving his way through the visitors with ease to net the Reds’ opening goal. He then laid on an assist for Sadio Mané before the role’s were reversed for Firmino to score Liverpool’s fourth, capping off a miserable evening for the visitors and handing Ranieri’s men a brutal reality check ahead of their midweek Champions League bow following their surprise title victory last season. If Firmino can continue to replicate such form, then he may yet prove an important piece of the puzzle in the ambitions of Jurgen Klopp’s side this season.

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