From Sels to Salah: a Premier League best XI of the season so far

We select a starting team that features players from seven clubs and the manager most worthy of being in the dugout

Perhaps the most difficult decision in the XI. David Raya has been excellent at Arsenal and Mark Flekken quietly impressive behind a loose Brentford defence. But that Sels has been the third-busiest keeper in the league (89 saves) behind Flekken and Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale, yet has conceded the fourth-fewest goals (35) shows his importance, particularly when nine of Forest’s 16 league wins have been by one goal (even if his best stop, a remarkable fingertip save on to the bar against Brighton, came rather unnecessarily in a 7-0 win).

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