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Paul Pogba, Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all make the Sky Sports Fantasy Football team of the week

Eric Bailly celebrates his goal late in the first half at the Liberty Stadium
Image: Eric Bailly celebrates opening the scoring at Swansea

Following their second consecutive 4-0 victory of the season, Manchester United are responsible for three members of round two's Sky Sports Fantasy Football team of the week - as Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly all get the nod.

Stoke City's newest signing Jese Rodriguez made a perfect start to life in the Premier League, bagging a goal and 12 fantasy points to put himself right into the Team of the Week picture.

Meanwhile, Chelsea's Marcos Alonso had a near-perfect game week, leading the way with 20 points after a sublime two-goal performance against Spurs on Super Sunday.

Here's the XI in full...

GOALKEEPER

Jonas Lossl - Huddersfield Town (£5.7m)

Goalkeeper Jonas Lossl of Mainz has been loaned to Huddersfield
Image: Jonas Lossl has kept successive clean sheets

Remarkably, after two weeks of the season, newly promoted Huddersfield are yet to concede - a fact that has provided 'keeper Jonas Lossl with an unlikely honour. The Dane is the only player to retain his spot in the Team of the Week after another fine performance, which earned the 1.09 per cent of fantasy players who selected him 11 points.

DEFENDERS

Eric Bailly - Manchester United (£9.7m)

Another man with two clean sheets to his name, Eric Bailly finds himself in the Sky Sports Fantasy Football Team of the Week thanks to his awareness in front of goal at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon - latching onto Paul Pogba's cleared header before steering the ball home.

Andrew Robertson - Liverpool (£7.8m)

Andrew Robertson had 134 touches on his debut for Liverpool against Crystal Palace
Image: Andrew Robertson was certainly involved on his Reds debut

The former Hull City man did a fine job on his Premier League debut for the Reds. Providing some much-needed stability to Jurgen Klopp's back four, the Scot was good value for his Sky Sports man-of-the-match award.

Harry Maguire - Leicester City (£7.4m)

After another impressive performance at the heart of Leicester's defence, Harry Maguire is quickly grabbing the attention of Sky Sports Fantasy Football players, with 4.58 per cent now selecting him in their line-up. The centre-back scored an unstoppable header on his way to MOTM honours in Leicester's first win of the season over Brighton.

Marcos Alonso - Chelsea (£10m)

The Spaniard is expensive at £10m, but seemingly well worth the asking price. The full-back tore through Tottenham with two superb goals on Sunday, including a free-kick worthy of any big occasion.

MIDFIELDERS

Aaron Mooy - Huddersfield Town (£7.5m)

Absolutely key to Huddersfield's first-ever Premier League home win, Aaron Mooy was everywhere in the Terriers' midfield, giving Newcastle a torrid time. The Australian also came up with a goal to savour early in the second half, which secured his side's second consecutive victory.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan - Manchester United (£10m)

Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan has four assists in the first two games of the Premier League season
Image: Henrikh Mkhitaryan has rediscovered his creative spark

Clearly attracting the faith of fans and his manager alike, 9.81 per cent of fantasy players took advantage of Mkhitaryan's role in United's victory over Swansea on Saturday afternoon. The Armenian boosted his assist tally to four in an exceptional performance.

Paul Pogba - Manchester United (£11.2m)

Paul Pogba looked to be at least close to his mercurial best on Saturday as he played a huge part in the dismantling of Swansea. The Frenchman seemed to be involved in everything that United did well, explaining his 17 points - the most for a midfielder in game week two.

Richarlison - Watford (£7.6m)

Picked by less than one per cent of Sky Sports Fantasy Football players, Watford youngster Richarlison had a stormer on the second weekend of the Premier League season, scoring and picking up the MOTM award in his side's 2-0 win over Bournemouth.

STRIKERS

Javier Hernandez - West Ham (£10.7m)

Javier Hernandez scored from close range to bring West Ham back into the game
Image: Javier Hernandez looked to have salvaged West Ham a draw

Chicharito's Premier League pedigree came to the fore on Saturday as the Mexican striker netted a double in West Ham's 3-2 defeat by Southampton. West Ham have not looked great, but there's clearly more to come from the former Manchester United frontman.

Jese Rodriguez - Stoke City (£10m)

Fantasy players were keen to avoid Jese ahead of his first Premier League start, but all but 0.41 per cent were left with egg on their faces as the Spaniard sprung into life on debut, scoring in Stoke's magnificent victory over Arsenal.

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