
Champions League TEAM OF THE WEEK: Surprise Man City player is handed a perfect 10, while there is room in midfield for former Leeds and Liverpool stars
Daily MailOne surprising Premier League star was handed perfect marks alongside Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr in the Champions League team of the week. Two Man City players were included in Sofascore's Champions League team of the week Aston Villa went top of the Champions League standings after securing a third consecutive win Vinicius Jnr produced a superstar showing as Real Madrid came from behind to beat Borussia Dortmund 5-2 But, despite producing a convincing 2-0 victory on the road versus Bologna, there is no Villa player in Sofascore's team of the week with only two Premier League players - both from the same team - making the cut. Raphinha scored a hattrick in Barcelona's dominant win over Bayern Munich, while Erling Haaland scored twice for Man City Haaland's first goal saw the Norwegian striker produce a brilliant kung-fu style finish Vinicius Jr showed why he is favourite to win the Ballon d'Or after scoring an incredible goal after running the length of the pitch The former Wolves creator provided a pinpoint cross for John Stones to give City a thee-goal footing and followed that up moments later by assisting Erling Haaland for his second. City's Portuguese midfielder Matheus Nunes top scored with a perfect 10 in the team of the week Former Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino was named man of the match in Monaco's victory over Crvena Zvezda The 24-year-old needed to score both goals to keep chase in the Champions League golden boot race with Wednesday's win moving him onto three goals, just two behind Kane.
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