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After every round of Premier League matches this season, BBC football pundit Troy Deeney will give you his team and manager of the week.

Here are this week's choices. Do you agree? Give us your thoughts using the comments form at the bottom of this page.

Troy's team of the week graphic which features Verbruggen, Colwill, Vuskovic, Gabriel, Dalot, Gomez, Berge, Neto, Maddison, Manzambi and Haaland
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Bart Verbruggen (Brighton): I was looking at other teams, but there were so many games this week with very poor quality. Even David Raya against Forest had two shots to deal with, terrible from a goalkeeping point of view, so Verbruggen goes in for his clean sheet.

Levi Colwill (Chelsea): He goes in only because Chelsea got a clean sheet in the league for the first time since January. He stepped up with the young goalkeeper Mike Penders in there.

Gabriel (Arsenal): Arsenal win 1-0 and get the job done. He was right at the heart of it. A lot of people talking about Ezri Konsa, I like him but Gabriel offered that bit more in terms of experience and quality that you need to get the job done, so he goes in.

Luka Vuskovic (Brighton): It is the same reason Verbruggen was in. Everyone else can't defend. He was good. They had a clean sheet against their nearest rivals.

Diogo Dalot (Manchester United): Played at left-back and I thought he was amazing. Could he offer a little more in terms of quality? Absolutely. But high energy, dealt with the physical threat, defended well and offered an outlet going forward in a game that was very scrappy. Manchester United just needed to show resilience and he was right at the front for that.

Sander Berge (Fulham): It was a massive game against Hull, a six-pointer and if Fulham lose that they are going down in my opinion. But they got the job done and he was at the heart of everything good for them.

Diego Gomez (Brighton): He scored from the halfway line, nothing more needs to be said.

Pedro Neto (Chelsea): Two goals, wins the game for Chelsea. He is one of those players when you look at him you think 'he is good, but I don't know why he is good', but in this game he put it all together. With all the talk of Morgan Rogers, Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer, he could have a sneaky good season because these guys will take the attention of defenders and Neto can get in with his pace at the back post.

Johan Manzambi (Aston Villa): By far the player of the month so far. An unbelievable young talent from Switzerland, 21 years of age, carrying this Aston Villa team with an aura and humbleness of 'I want to learn and do more', but also 'I'm the man of this team, give me the ball, let me show you what I can do'.

James Maddison (Tottenham): Welcome back James Maddison. Spurs needed a bit of quality in the final third and we were unsure who would score for them, and Maddison puts it in the top corner. Great to see him back, great to see him healthy and great to see him smiling.

Erling Haaland (Manchester City): For already the third time and with probably another 10 times to go, Mr Erling Haaland. Started up top, job done, two goals against a really poor Ipswich team and he could've had a hat-trick. Unreal from him.

Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton): He is doing an unbelievable job. A lot of people, including myself, were wondering whether he doing a 'pat myself on the back lap of appreciation tour' after beating Arsenal - but actually what he was showing is that he is a very good manager who can continue to deliver week in and week out. He was fantastic, got the tactics spot on and also introduced some players who had been out injured.

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