After every Premier League weekend, BBC football pundit Garth Crooks gathers his thoughts and gives you his Team of the Week.Here are this week’s choices and, as ever, Garth also discusses the game’s big talking points in the Crooks of the Matter.Listen to the latest Football Daily podcastFollow your Premier League club and get news, analysis and fan views sent direct to youJordan Pickford (Everton): The Premier League is entering into a period of games where if you are a player, or football fan for that matter, incapable of holding your nerve then I suggest you stay at home for the next few weeks. What the pressure must be like for a goalkeeper, when the slightest mistake could be costly especially at this stage in the season, is almost unimaginable. However, it must help when you’ve faced the threat of relegation before and Pickford seems very comfortable in such circumstances. His performance in a midweek draw at Newcastle was outstanding and he then kept a clean sheet in a very nervy encounter – a 1-0 win at home to Burnley on Saturday.Gabriel (Arsenal): How Arsenal defend in their next seven Premier League fixtures will determine whether they will be crowned champions or not. That is why their entire back five celebrated as if they had scored a goal when Gabriel blocked a shot in the dying minutes of a match that had already been won against Brighton. To concede at that stage in the 3-0 victory would have been a… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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Who had his manager blowing kisses? Garth Crooks’ Team of the Week
