'Immense' Dias one of two picked out by Garth

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Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte were the two Manchester City players to make it into Garth Crooks' team of the week after Pep Guardiola's side ended Chelsea's unbeaten start in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge.

Garth Crooks

Laporte: This was a very impressive defensive display by Manchester City. I've often thought you can cause City problems, especially on the counter-attack, but the combination of Aymeric Laporte and Ruben Dias looked quite impregnable against Chelsea.

Dias: The block on Mateo Kovacic said it all. The way Dias flew across the penalty area at a crucial point in the game to block what looked like a certain goal was immense.

The Portugal defender was superb and looked like he was back to his best against Chelsea. The Blues, on the other hand, may have made a rather important mistake by selling Tammy Abraham to Roma and retaining the services of Timo Werner.

Read what else Garth had to say about Dias and Laporte plus find out which other players made it into his team of the week

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