Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)
Per Mertesacker naturally also features in the fanatix team of the week after Arsenal’s fine defensive performance against Tottenham Hotspur. The German colossus made 20 clearances, was near indomitable in the air and blocked three shots.
Mertesacker is also instrument to the Gunners in ways that statistics can’t always show. He organises the back line and directs the midfielders ahead of him, and kept Arsenal compact and difficult to play through, making a long ball to Adebayor Spurs’ typical approach – and usually snapped up by Mertesacker and Koscielny.
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