Jamie Carragher's Premier League team of the season – Sky Sports, Skysports.com
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It has been a season to remember for Liverpool with Jurgen Klopp’s side on the brink of a first Premier League title, but which of his players make it into Jamie Carragher’s team of the season ?
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Carragher has provided his (player picks for the (/ Premier League campaign so far, with the competition suspended indefinitely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Do you agree with his selection? Have a read of his reasoning and let us know in the comments section below, plus pick your team in our selector at the bottom of the page …
Goalkeeper – Dean Henderson (Sheffield United)
I actually think Liverpool have the best goalkeeper in the world right now in Alisson, but he’s missed a lot of football this season. He did not start the season and before the break we have now he was out as well, and that probably culminated in Liverpool going out of the Champions League to Atletico Madrid.
When he has played, he’s shown he is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League and the world, but because he has missed so many games, I’m going with Dean Henderson of Sheffield United. As a club, they deserve someone to be in this team, they have been a revelation. You could argue Chris Wilder is manager of the year in some ways, even with what Jurgen Klopp is doing and Pep Guardiola is doing in cup competitions.
They have got a really good defensive record, he’s kept a lot of clean sheets. I just think Sheffield United as a whole have been a breath of fresh air in the Premier League and they deserve someone to go into the team of the season.
I think the Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka is probably as big of an influence on their team as any goalkeeper. I’m not saying he’s the second or third best goalkeeper in the Premier League, but I think in terms of where you see Newcastle in the table, I think a lot of that is to do with the goalkeeper. He’s right up near the top of the list and he plays a big role in the fact Newcastle aren’t embroiled in a relegation fight.
Defenders – Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
But the reason I went for Joe Gomez is he has not lost a game. The one game Liverpool have lost this season away to Watford in the Premier League, he didn’t actually play. As a young player, he was in and out of the team at the start of the season because of his injury at the end of last season, but I think his performances have matched Van Dijk at different times and Liverpool’s defensive record is so much better than anyone else’s.
I think there have been a few players close to the levels of Trent Alexander-Arnold in a different way. Aaron Wan-Bisakka is as good as anyone defensively in the Premier League and Europe in terms of one-on-one defending. I’m also a big fan of Leicester’s full-back Ricardo Pereira; Every time I watch him play, he’s a really classy player who should be playing in the Champions League and hopefully he will next season for Leicester.
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