Along with the Leicester pair, Alan Shearer included a surprise Newcastle star in the Team of the Week.
Tottenham Hotspur understandably dominated Alan Shearer’s latest Premier League Team of the Week, but there was room for a few Leicester City and Newcastle United faces too.
The competition’s all-time record goalscorer was left drooling as one of Steve Cooper’s more unexpected heroes as Leicester threatened to stun Arsenal during what nearly became a bonafide coupon-buster on a dramatic Saturday afternoon.
The Foxes barely got within biting distance of Mikel Arteta’s coop in a one-sided first-half at the Emirates.
But, even against newly-promoted opposition, this was a warning that you take your foot off the pedal at your peril. In the space of 15 minutes, James Justin not only cancelled out Arsenal’s lead almost single-handedly, the right-back also matched his tally from the whole of the 2023/24 season.
And if his first of a shock brace was rather straightforward – guiding a header home from a Facundo Buonanotte free-kick – then his second was anything but.
Alan Shearer could hit a mean volley in his time. But even the legendary number nine was left open-mouthed and awe-struck by the way Justin swazzed a swerving, curving strike in off David Raya’s far post.