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Lee Wilmot

'Game recognises game' - Chelsea fans love what Alan Shearer has done

The year of 2019 is coming to a close - and with it the end of another decaade.

It has been a decade dominated by Manchester City and Chelsea in the Premier League, with the two sides accounting for seven of the ten titles.

Manchester United bagged a couple of crowns, while the decade will mainly be remembered for that remarkable Leicester City triumph in 2016.

But given the Man City and Chelsea dominance, it should come as no surprise to see players from those two teams dominate in terms of team of the decade picks.

The BBC, alongside a number of other media outlets, like ourselves at football.london , have run a team of the decade poll, asking fans to have their say on who should be named in a team of the decade.

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And as well as asking fans, they got their pundits involved too.

And Alan Shearer has named his side, which is dominated by players from the two teams in blue.

Shearer's side, in a 3-4-3 formation, includes Petr Cech in goal, John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic at the back, N'Golo Kante in midfield and Eden Hazard in a front three.

Man City are represented by Vincent Kompany, Kevin de Bruyne, Yaya Toure, David Silva and Sergio Aguero, with the only player away from those two teams named as Wayne Rooney.

Chelsea fans on Reddit posted the image of Shearer's team and were delighted with who he had chosen.

WideySpidey said: "Respect. Game recognises game."

AntoHanSolo then said: "Alan Shearer is a Chelsea legend now." Ord3p went on to say: "England is blue...and Rooney."

And the Rooney inclusion got Chelsea fans talking too.

DarkLordOlli said: "Is there an argument for Kane over Rooney? Kane's been incredible at a worse club and has done it for years now with remarkable consistency."

That led to a reply from notters saying: "Definitely - not even a question imo. Kane has performed consistently brilliantly since 2015. Rooney had a couple of very good seasons at the start of the decade but began to decline pretty much after SAF retired."

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