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Samuel Meade

Premier League Team of the week: Harry Kane stars alongside Mo Salah after landmark strike

A crazy weekend in the Premier League saw Tottenham blow the title race wide open as they beat Manchester City.

Harry Kane excelled in their win at the Etihad, which came just hours after Mohamed Salah celebrated another landmark in Liverpool's win over Norwich City.

Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Wolves all picked up victories.

At the other end of the table, Burnley secured a shock victory at Brighton whilst Newcastle claimed more points in their push for survival.

Watford also claimed three points as they saw off Aston Villa to secure their first win under Roy Hodgson.

Several individuals stood out throughout the weekend and we pick out an XI who shone for their respective teams.

Alisson

The Liverpool goalkeeper claimed a rare assist as he laid on teammate Salah on Saturday.

He will have been disappointed not to keep a clean sheet on Merseyside with Norwich grabbing the lead early in the second-half, but the deflection meant he was helpless.

Alisson has been needed to make big saves in recent weeks, but showed he can be hugely effective with his distribution as Liverpool cut the gap at the top.

Craig Dawson

The West Ham defender again came up with the goods, even if his side did lose further ground in the top four race.

Miscommunication for Newcastle's equaliser deprived him and the Hammers of a clean sheet.

Nevertheless, Dawson again showed his capabilities in both boxes with the opening goal.

He has scored 19 goals in the Premier League since the start of 2014-15 - more than any other central defender.

Cristian Romero

It would've been cruel for Romero's late handball to have cost his side all three points at the Etihad and lucky for him it didn't.

The Argentine has spent parts of the season out injured but the improvement with him in the backline is clear.

Manchester City had so much of the ball that Tottenham were always going to need to defend well.

Romero was a commanding influence in defence alongside Eric Dier.

Antonio Rudiger

Only four of the 20 sides in the Premier League kept clean sheets this weekend and, unsurprisingly, Chelsea were one of them.

They didn't allow opponents Crystal Palace to have a single shot on target on Saturday before grabbing their late winner.

The German completed more passes than any of his teammates and, had it not been for a tremendous save, may well have got on the scoresheet too.

Rudiger's contract saga has rumbled on and he may well leave on a free, which would be a huge loss to the Blues.

Emile Smith Rowe

He's been in and out of the starting XI but the Arsenal star will have made himself hard to ignore now.

Smith Rowe opened the scoring for the Gunners as they saw off Brentford.

His positive and progressive mindset throughout was a major plus for his team and his strike means Raheem Sterling is now the only Englishman with more Premier League goals this term.

Stuart Armstrong

The Scot was a star in Southampton's win over Everton on Saturday.

He opened the scoring with a neat finish and his all round play was a highlight at St Mary's.

The Saints are in a good run of form and Armstrong firing on all cylinders will certainly help their push up the table.

Bruno Fernandes

The Portuguese star again notched against what seems to be his favourite team.

Fernandes headed home Manchester United's second in terrible conditions at Elland Road.

He has now scored six times against the Whites and continued to battle throughout in Yorkshire.

Fernandes also had the composure to set through teammate Anthony Elanga to make the game safe late on.

Dejan Kulusevski

The January signing scored his first goal for Tottenham early on against the league leaders.

After that he performed exactly how Antonio Conte would want him to in a forward role - grafting for the team.

Kulusevski was largely starved of the ball, but contributed effectively when he was able to.

The Swede looks set to be a valuable addition to a Tottenham system that is still being fine tuned.

Harry Kane

The England striker showed exactly why City spent the whole summer chasing him.

Kane has struggled at times this season but was back to the player we saw last term.

With Tottenham under the cosh he continued to drop deep, which allowed him to link play with his attacking colleagues.

Then, like a true No.9, when presented with opportunities he took them, scoring the winner in added time.

Had it not been for an offside goal Kane may well have had himself a hat-trick.

Mohamed Salah

Another weekend, another goal for Salah.

The Egyptian notched his 150th strike for Liverpool and it may well have been the most composed of the lot.

Operating alongside new signing Luis Diaz, Salah again underlined his quality.

He turned the Norwich defenders inside out before cooly slotting into the net.

Wout Weghorst

The Burnley new boy was one of the stars as they secured an unlikely away day victory at Brighton.

The relegation threatened side scored three with Weghorst opening the scoring on the south coast.

He has wasted no time in acclimatising to English football and it was hit endeavour and lay off which laid on Burnley's second.

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