Premier League team of the week: Paul Pogba and "King of Football Twitter" make XI

Manchester City remain nine points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table after a thrilling round of midweek fixtures.

Pep Guardiola's side were simply too good for Brentford, as they eased to a 2-0 victory at the Etihad on Wednesday evening.

Rivals Manchester United, meanwhile, have dropped to sixth after failing to beat Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday, allowing West Ham and Arsenal to leapfrog them.

Elsewhere, Newcastle's 3-1 triumph against Everton has seen them jump outside of the relegation zone. The Toffees are now just two points above the drop.

But which players were responsible for these results? Here, picks its team of the week... and there's a place for the self-proclaimed "King of Football Twitter".

Although Aaron Ramsdale, Alisson, Ederson and Lukasz Fabianski all kept clean sheets, Schmeichel gets the nod for saving a torrent of efforts on Thursday evening.

The Leicester stopper's goal took a battering at Anfield, as Liverpool's rampant attack - which featured the returning Mohamed Salah - hit the target 11 times.

Schmeichel produced several saves to spare Brendan Rodgers' blushes. The result could've been embarrassing had it not been for the Denmark international's brilliance.

Injury-hit Leicester are going through a rough patch right now and Rodgers will be hoping their form improves sooner rather than later.

Newcastle fans were hoping for some much-needed quality when Trippier arrived from Atletico Madrid in January and they weren't disappointed on Tuesday evening.

In their biggest game of the season so far, Trippier produced two moments of magic to help the Toon recover from a goal down to beat Everton at St James' Park.

His excellent corner set up Newcastle's equaliser