The Sky Sports pundits have handed out their famous mid-season awards.
“I’ve gone for Costa, I think he’s been outstanding,” Carragher said. “He’s top goalscorer in the league and I think he makes a massive difference, when he’s on song you think he’s really going to take some stopping.”
And Neville speaking about Chelsea Football Club boss Antonio Conte: “If you think about the imprint of managers on teams, Conte has this team drilled as a replica of his Juventus team in three/four months and that’s tough to do.
“He has had the blessing of not being in Europe and he has the training ground time with the team day-in day-out, you can see the shape they’re working on is just there all the time.”
Carragher has included Sunderland’s Jordan Pickford in goal (Sky Sports), he has also included world-record signing Paul Pogba as his ‘player to watch’, saying:
“I was critical of him (Pogba) early on in the season but I think now they’ve found the right fit for him. He’s starting to look the real deal.”
Neville also picked Manchester City’s Leroy Sane as the player to watch in the second half of the season after his first goal for his new club against Arsenal on the weekend.
Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Van Dijk, Rose, Lallana, Kante, Fernandinho, Hazard, Costa, Ibrahimovic.
Pickford, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Van Dijk, Bertrand, De Bruyne, Kante, Lallana, Hazard, Costa, Sanchez.
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