DeAndre Yedlin named in Team of the Week
The EFL Team of the week has been named and once again it includes one of Newcastle United’s star players.
Newcastle turning on the style after a poor opening 45 minutes with an eventual 4-0 win over Rotherham.
DeAndre Yedlin did everything asked of him defensively and also made a massive impact at the other end, contributing two excellent assists for Murphy and Perez.
The USA international also featured highly in our interactive match ratings by fans, though two goal Matt Ritchie beat him to top spot.
DeAndre Yedlin named in the EFL team of the week (full 11 listed below), with their official website stating:
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United)
“The pace of Yedlin caused Rotherham United all sorts of problems as Newcastle eased to a 4-0 win.
“The American full-back laid on two of the goals from his rampages down the right, and made a crucial tackle at 0-0 in the incident which led to a superb Karl Darlow save.”
EFL Team of the week:
Joe Dat (Newport County)
Eoghan O’Connell (Walsall)
Sonny Bradley (Plymouth)
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United)
Anthony Knockaert (Brighton)
Josh Wright (Gillingham)
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby)
Conor Grant (Doncaster)
Rob Hall (Oxford)
Chuks Aneke (MK Dons)
Ollie Watkins (Exeter)
EFL Manager of the week:
Steve Evans (Mansfield)
If you would like to feature on The Mag, submit your article to contribute@themag.co.uk