UEFA on Thursday included Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois, Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, among others, in the Champions League team of this week.
UEFA released the Champions League team in a post via its website on Thursday after the group stage match-day six fixtures were concluded.
Mbappe scored a goal in his side’s Champions League 2-1 win over Juventus, while Courtois and Van Dijk were impressive for their clubs against Celtic and Napoli, respectively.
Below is the UEFA Champions League team:
Goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) – 9 points
Defenders
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern) – 14 points
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 12 points
Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) – 12 points
Midfielders
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) – 15 points
Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig) – 14 points
Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) – 14 points
Ferran Torres (Barcelona) – 14 points
Forwards
Julian Alvarez (Man City) – 13 points
Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) – 19 points
Kylian Mbappé (Paris) – 13 points
