Newcastle United star makes ‘Whoscored’ Champions League team of the week

There were plenty of contenders for Champions League team of the week after the last couple of days of action.

Eight Champions League matches played over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday.

These being the second legs of the play-off ties that would complete the line up for the Champions League last 16.

When it comes to games that might have produced these contenders, did St James’ Park serve up any contenders…?

Newcastle United with a 3-2 victory over Qarabag that completed a dominant 9-3 aggregate win.

Well, Whoscored have included one Newcastle United star from Tuesday night’s match.

A result that meant Eddie Howe’s team moves into the final 16, set to face either Barcelona or Chelsea.

The whoscored ratings use data from every single Champions League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.

Now whoscored have published their Champions League team of the week with one NUFC star included, the full eleven shown below:

(The Whoscored Champions League team of the round showing the highest rated players in each position)

Oblak (Atletico Madrid) – 8.05
Bastoni (Inter Milan) – 7.84
Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen) – 7.91
Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen) – 8.07
Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta) – 8.38
Yilmaz (Galatasaray) – 8.04
Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) – 8.58
Johnny Cardoso (Atletico Madrid) – 8.14
Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) – 7.94
Désire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain) – 8.10
Alexander Sorloth (Atletico Madrid) – 9.79

Harvey Barnes played well on Tuesday night against Qarabag and it was a quality cross from the left for Joelinton to volley in the second goal.