Tottenham Hotspur’s players have been earning plaudits this week in wake of their superb 4-0 Premier League win over Everton last weekend.
For instance, Alan Shearer named three Spurs players in his Premier League Team of the Week, with Troy Deeney doing the same in his BBC Sport equivalent.
TalkSPORT pundit Gabriel Agbonlahor has also named three Tottenham players in his Team of the Week, though his selection is slightly different to the other pundits.
Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Yves Bissouma make Gabrial Agbonlahor’s selection
Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven both made the cut in Agbonlahor’s team, as was the case in the Shearer and Deeney selections.
However, the former Aston Villa man didn’t name Son Heung-min in his XI, instead opting for midfielder Yves Bissouma.
The 27-year-old returned to Tottenham’s starting XI after missing out on the opener against Leicester City for disciplinary reasons.
Bissouma quickly repaid his manager’s faith with a long-distance strike to open the scoring for Spurs en route to a comprehensive win.
Here is what Agbonlahor has said about each individual Tottenham player.
Cristian Romero
“Romero for me took his goal great,” he began. “To score a goal against a Sean Dyche team from a set-piece, it has got to be a very good goal.
“And the way he jumps over Tarkowski at centre-back, it was only one player that wanted it more. But it’s just his goal, it’s his aggression he shows now in the right way.
“You know, in previous seasons, he would get sent off, he would get back tackles, he would lose his temper.
“Now he’s showing that aggression in a way where you are not getting past me one-v-one, you are not going to have a chance. In the air, I am going to beat you.
“A real, real top defender, and there’s a reason why he has won the World Cup and the Copa America.”
Micky van de Ven
Agbonlahor said of the £43million man: “The second centre-back, who I think is the best centre-back in the league alongside Saliba, I would say, is Van de Ven.
“I always look at defenders and think what I would have liked or not liked to play against, and he is one that I would have hated to play against. I would have gone to the opposite centre-half than play against Van de Ven.
“He has got electric pace. I have not seen him being outpaced once since he has been in a Spurs shirt.
“He has got aggression in the right way, he’s very good on the ball, and showed for his assist for Son he’s very good at coming out with the ball and running the length of the pitch when needed.
“That’s what he did, got the assist for Son, and it was an outstanding performance once again.”
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Yves Bissouma
Agbonlahor said: “For me, first of all, how he took that goal. It’s his first goal for Spurs, which shocked a lot of people in the Premier League.
“He smashed it off the side of the crossbar, great goal, great finish, and all game I thought he was getting on the ball at the right time, he was putting in tackles at the right time, a very good performance, and you set the tempo as well with that Spurs midfield.”
What next for Tottenham?
Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs are next in Premier League action on Sunday when they head to Newcastle United in a 1:30pm kick-off.
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