
European Team of the Week: Leighton Baines Returns, Domenico Berardi Is the Star
Following his four-goal haul in Sassuolo's 4-3 win over Milan, Domenicoย Berardi is WhoScored.com's player of the week.
The young Italian putย the Rossoneri back line to the sword, while his seven shots on target are the most in a Serie A game this season. The 19-year-old's quartet ofย strikes means he's the third player in Europe's top five leagues to score fourย goals in a match this season, along with Carlos Vela and Luisย Suรกrez, and deservedly takes his place on the right wing.
On the opposite flank, Giacomo Bonaventura impressed for Atalanta inย their 2-1 win over Catania. The 24-year-old grabbed an assist but wasย pivotal to the attack for the hosts, with 51 percent of their offensive movesย coming down the left. Moreover, with opposing right-back Davide Brivioย pushing so high up the pitch, Bonaventura was required defensivelyย too, making six tackles and five interceptions in the victory.
Mark Noble played a crucial role in West Ham attaining three points at theย expense of Cardiff, with the midfielder netting late in the win.ย The 26-year-old was pivotal to their defensive solidity, making fourย tackles, four interceptions and four clearances as the Hammers held on toย keep a clean sheet.

Fran Rico partners Noble in the middle of the parkย following his performance in Granada's 4-0 win over Valladolid, whereย he helped himself to an assist. The Spaniard made a notable six tacklesย as Granada secured their first win in four in all competitions.
Leading the attack is Villarreal pairing Giovani Dos Santos andย Ikechukwu Uche as the Yellow Submarines romped to a 5-1 win over Realย Sociedad on Monday night. The pairing both bagged braces in theย victory, while Dos Santos registered two assists in the encounter asย Villarreal made it 10 wins from 19 this term.
Christian Maggio picked up his first WhoScored.com Man of the Matchย award of the season in Napoli's 3-0 win over Verona, where the Italianย provided an assist and made five tackles and five clearances to help condemnย Verona to only their second home-league defeat of the season.
Leightonย Baines turned out a noteworthy display for Everton on Saturday, and hisย input was crucial in the win over Norwich, with 50 percent of the Toffees'ย attacks coming down his left flank.
The England international may not have scored or assisted in theย encounter, but he completed more dribbles than any other player (four) toย aid Everton in the final third. Moreover, with 45 percent of Norwich'sย attacks coming from the right, Baines was worked defensively butย dealt with the threat comfortably, making four tackles, two interceptionsย and five clearances.
Jeison Murillo impressed for Granada before his second-halfย withdrawal, where the Colombian netted the opener against Valladolid.ย During his time on the pitch, Murillo executed a commendable sixย accurate long balls and made three interceptions to help limit theย Valladolid attack to one shot on target.

Daniele Gastaldello partnersย him at centre-back after the 30-year-old netted for Sampdoria in theirย 3-0 win over Udinese. The Italian's 11 clearances ensured a cleanย sheet was secured, as the visitors were limited to only four shots onย goal in the game.
David Ospina completes the XI following his impact in Nice's 0-0 drawย with Rennes. While the goalkeeper was forced into only four saves in theย stalemate, one of those was to deny Foued Kadir from the penalty spot inย the first half, as Nice continued their three-match unbeaten run inย Ligue 1.
All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find yet moreย stats, including live in-game data and unique player and team ratings.









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