Leicester are represented in the latest Premier League team of the week that has been selected by BBC pundit Garth Crooks.
Actually Garth is now down as a ‘Football Analyst’ these days, a posh term for a pundit then!
The performance by Robert Huth in Leicester’s festive fixtures against Liverpool (1-0) and Manchester City (0-0) was enough to earn them a place in the side alongside the other, in the opinion of the former Spurs striker anyway, most impressive performers in the topflight over the last two games.
I think we’ll already know ourselves, and not just based on the latest performance, why Crooks, we’ll also not argue with it, selected Huth as part of his team but explaining his choice he told the BBC.
‘There are some defenders that strikers just don’t like facing and Robert Huth is definitely one of them. He comes from the old school of defending and believes if it moves, you are entitled to kick it. The German is a terrific competitor and you will always find him at the heart of any melee on a set-piece. Against Liverpool, he was like a rock, and he completely put the wind up Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, who was as quiet as a lamb. Poor Raheem Sterling had to battle up front all on his own against this uncompromising bully. Huth is definitely my kind of defender – brilliantly irritating.’
It’s always good to see us represented in this way, and well played to Huth for his recognition, but the most important thing about the festive fixtures is we continue to largely keep our form.
Full Team:
Joe Hart (Manchester City), Cuco Martina (Southampton), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Robert Huth (Leicester), Alberto Moreno (Liverpool), Yaya Toure (Manchester City), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Bojan Krkic (Stoke), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke), Romelu Lukaku (Everton).
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