3 Arsenal players in Team of the Week after West Ham win

Three Arsenal players have been included in the BBC’s Team of the Week, with one nominated for the Premier League’s Player of the Matchweek award.

Troy Deeney has selected three Arsenal players for his BBC Team of the Week after a battling win over West Ham United, with David Raya, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Myles Lewis-Skelly all making the cut.

Deeney claims Raya’s stop from Mateus Fernandes was the “save of the season”, adding that it “wins Arsenal the title”.

The striker added that he included Gabriel for his “massive blocks” at “massive moments”, before explaining that Lewis-Skelly deserved a spot for his versatility to play in two different positions.

“He started in midfield, then Arsenal changed mid-game and moved him to left-back, and he didn’t put a foot wrong,” Deeney wrote. “He was fantastic. One of the players in the last three to four weeks that has really stepped up.”

The Premier League evidently agreed with Deeney on the importance of Raya’s performance in particular, including the goalkeeper in their list of nominations for Player of the Matchweek.

Raya is up for the award alongside Maxim De Cuyper of Brighton, Jeremy Doku of Manchester City, Antonin Kinsky of Tottenham Hotspur, and James Tarkowski of Everton.

Voting is open here until 12:00 BST on Wednesday, May 13th, with the winner to be announced the same day.

The Arsenal players won’t care much about individual awards right now, with the chance to win the Premier League and/or the Champions League over the next two-and-a-half weeks of football. But it’s still nice to see some recognition for the best performers at the weekend.

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