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Find out who impressed in week 11 of the Premier League, which saw Liverpool go top of the table after hitting Watford for six, while fellow Merseysiders Everton were on the receiving end of a five-star Chelsea display at Stamford Bridge. The time has come to see whether your club caught the eye, so weve asked Sky Sports pundit Ray Wilkins to give each side a grade, based purely on their performance at the weekend.So, how did your team fare? Do they get a stunning A+, a woeful F, or something in between? Read on to find out... Arsenal - AI was at Arsenal on Sunday and I thought it was the best game of the season for me, it was absolutely fantastic. I am going to give Arsenal an A because they displayed the type of football we are used to seeing from them. For me, another goalscorer would come in handy for them, but superb on Sunday. Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur - AI thought Tottenham were equally as good. They had a couple of setbacks obviously with Dele Alli, while Toby Alderweireld was not there. Harry Kane coming back looked a little bit off the pace, but I will give them an A as they played some wonderful football, with Mousa Dembele the best player on the pitch.Hull City - AFive straight defeats going into this game, so their confidence must have been as low as a snakes belly. So to come back to actually win a game, I will give them an A. They are showing some fantastic spirit and Mike Phelan has really got them trying their backsides off for him at the moment. You cannot ask any more of them than that and if you have quality, it will come through. Hull 2-1 Southampton Southampton - CAnother disappointing result. They should have been on a real high after beating Inter Milan in midweek and they should have gone there and won the game. You go in front and you expect to put a team that is suffering with confidence under a lot of pressure.Liverpool - A+A definite A+. Going forward, they are an absolute delight to watch, Philippe Coutinho is in absolutely magnificent form and they really look a handful. Liverpool 6-1 Watford Watford - DWatford, on the other hand, were poor. Some of the goals they gave away defensively were very, very poor indeed, so I am going to give them a D. Swansea City - DI fear for Swansea, I really do. The place is fantastic when you go down there, it is a beautiful stadium, but defensively they are a shambles unfortunately. And the loss of Ashley Williams, not only defensively, but also in the dressing room… I have said it on numerous occasions that when you lose leaders, you will start to struggle. And they have lost an outstanding leader and even if you are going to get £12m for a player of that age, it is not worth it because you are going to get relegated. And on Sunday, they were really taken apart and when you are 3-0 down to a side like Manchester United, forget about it. Swansea 1-3 Manchester Utd Manchester United - AGreat to see Wayne Rooney back to form as well - I have said it on numerous occasions that playing on the left-hand side, he is sacrificing himself too much for everybody. He will play anywhere for the team, which I love. But a lot of other players would say: No, I am a centre forward, I am playing there. Zlatan Ibrahimovic back on the scoresheet and probably technically one of the best volleys you will ever see from Paul Pogba - beautiful, just beautiful.Leicester City - CI thought they were off the pace in the Champions League to be honest, because I thought the performance in the week was against a very average team - I thought they were going to win to be quite honest. They did not, they did not perform at all well and they took that into the performance on Sunday. Their home form last season was the catalyst to their brilliant Premier League title win, but the loss of NGolo Kante is enormous and the loss of Jamie Vardys goals and performances is also enormous for them. Leicester 1-2 West Brom West Bromwich Albion - AMagnificent win for them. Tony Pulis sides work their socks off for him, they are always tough and well organised, so an A for them.Bournemouth - BIf you saw the highlights from the game, they had enough chances to have won three games of football, but they did not put them away. And in the Premier League, if you are not putting them away, then you are going to struggle big time. So I am going to give them a B for the football that they played. Bournemouth 1-2 Sunderland Sunderland - AI think David Moyes now has to go with Victor Anichebe, because Jermain Defoe certainly needs a bit of assistance up top. And even if that means going 4-4-2, or 3-5-2, he has to get two up top to give themselves a chance to score a goal. It cant just be left to Jermain to score the goals, it is too much, and it is great to see the big fella Anichebe back in the swing of things and among the goals. So I am certainly going to give them an A.Burnley - AWhen you think they have done Liverpool, they have done Everton and they have done Crystal Palace at home, that is where you are going to stay up for a newly-promoted side. Your home form has to be absolutely immaculate, not so much your form, but your points gathering has to be there from your home games. And they are doing fantastically well - three breakaways, three goals. Palace got themselves back in the game at 2-2 and you think: Game over, Palace to win. But no, not this Burnley side, who keep fighting all the way. So I am going to give them an A. Burnley 3-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace - BI am going to give Crystal Palace a B for their unfortunately poor defending and they must be kicking themselves.Manchester City - CAgain, they had enough chances to win five games, but this is the Premier League and you have got to score goals. They have enough ability in that side and after coming off that win against Barcelona in midweek, you would have thought that they would have just taken Middlesbrough to pieces. But it was not the case and they lose another two points, so a C for them. Manchester City 1-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough - AAn A for Middlesbrough. You are taking an absolute pummelling, but it was so evident that they were not prepared to lay down and die. And that is the attitude that will have got Aitor Karanka thinking: Wow, we have got a right chance of staying in this division, because we will fight to the very end. So an A for Middlesbrough.West Ham United - BYou know, their form is so inconsistent this year. When we saw them last season, we thought: Wow, what a good team. But the performances of Dimitri Payet have really been something that they need, and they are not getting them on a consistent level, while the stadium is not helping Im sure. So I am going to go B for West Ham. West Ham 1-1 Stoke Stoke - BA good revival from Stoke, who struggled initially with the new regulations, they were penalised on numerous occasions and lost matches. But they have too much quality to be down there for too long. And lovely to see Bojan [Krkic] back scoring again, and it was an outstanding finish. So from that perspective, very, very good indeed. But I will go B as well, because I thought they might have won on Saturday.Chelsea - AIt was a brilliant performance and it was not against one of the lower sides, it was against Everton, who have been performing to a fantastic level. And Chelsea absolutely ripped them to pieces. Everton also went with a back three and they just could not handle them - they could not handle their speed, their pace, their pressing, so he changed very, very shortly after to a back four. But certainly an A for Chelsea, as some of their football was absolutely dynamic. And the fella Eden Hazard is just a genius at the moment, he can do anything he wants on a football field and to see him perform to that level on Saturday was absolutely brilliant. Chelsea 5-0 Everton Everton - EOh no, an E for Everton, who just were not at the races. They did not compete, while their work ethic, which is normally so superb…They just were not there, they were not at it, awful.Do you agree with Ray Wilkins grades? If you are reading on skysports.com let us know what you think, by leaving a comment below or tweeting us @SkyFootball. Also See: VOTE: Goals of the week WATCH: Premier League goals WATCH: PL landmark goals Premier League hotlist Thomas Welsh Nuggets Jersey . 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WOBURN, England -- Beth Allen might be the best American golfer you have never heard of.A native of San Diego and graduate of California State University at Northridge, the 34-year-old is also the reigning ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters champion, owns 31 top-10 finishes around the world and is currently the No. 1-ranked player on the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.Shes good. Shes very good. And whats more she has achieved most of it with just one kidney.Hang on, one kidney?! Yes, just the one -- she donated the other to her brother and it didnt just transform his life, it changed hers as well.But this story doesnt have one plot twist, it has three, and the first came back in 2008 when Allen was struggling to make her mark on the game. Her first foray to the LPGA in 2005 saw her make just three weekends in 20 events and the following three years were spent scraping by on the Symetra Tour or enduring more disappointment on the main tour.It wasnt fate that played the crucial hand at this point -- it was one-time player and now caddie Mardi Lunn.We were in an airport after a pro-am in Illinois, Allen told espnW ahead of the Ricoh Womens British Open. I was struggling, not making a lot of money and not really enjoying it. Mardi thought Europe would suit me. Its less intense, more communal, she encouraged me to give it a try.The rewards were not immediate but something clicked.I hadnt traveled much then, she explained. But a couple of friends joined me. The first year was a bit of a struggle, but 2009, the first full year, was different. I was happier on and off the course and the results improved. I had a bit of money which was helpful.Life was good and yet she had failed to crack the top 50 in the rankings; there was room for improvement. Again there was an intervention, again it was not fate responsible. This time it was family.Her elder brother Dan, now 43, had spent five years virtually chained to a dialysis machine. In early 2011, Beth donated one of her kidneys and, although it felt like Id done a million sit-ups, within weeks she was back playing.The transplant was successful.His life is completely changed, Allen said with a smile. He used to have zero social life. Now hes playing golf and going to every baseball game there is. Hes a completely different guy, its awesome to see. My mom was worried all the time so now she has more of a life. Its changed all of us.Its sort of put life into perspective, she went on. Dan is so grateful its hard to describe. Golf used to be all I had in my early 20s, well not quite all, but if I had a bad day you felt worthless. Now I dont feel like that anymore. Its helped me build relationships. Its lightened my outlook.It also improved her golf: she finished 19th in the Order of Merit that year and has stayed in the top 25 ever since. All the same, something was missing: she was racking up the top-five finishes, but she couldnt convert the win.I think I was kidding myself a little bit, she admitted. I had a few seconds and Id say Oh well if it happens, it happens, it will come, but I was definitely kidding myself on.In early July 2015 she made her way to The Buckinghamshire GC near London for the ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters. It was a course that had hurt her in the past. Twice she had missed out on qualifying for the U.S. Womens Open there, on both occasions cruelly so in playoffs. Two years previously she had led the tournament playing the penultimate hole only for her chances to be blown by a poor shot and outrageous ill fortune (the ball buried itself in the face of the bunker leaving an unplayable shot).It was one of the worst things that ever happened tto me, Allen said.dddddddddddd I didnt sleep for a week afterwards. But also? That day was a big change for me mentally, because it proved to me just how badly I wanted it. If it could haunt me like that, it made me realize how much a win mattered.But how could victory possibly come at the very venue which so spooked her? Another intervention, another friend: three-time Solheim Cup winner Sophie Gustafson, who wanted to caddie for her.They had first discussed the idea, somewhat half-heartedly, earlier in the year. Weve been friends for so long, but then Sophie texted: Shall we do it? Are you up or it?I could tell she was really excited about it. Its one thing for a player like her to do it for a laugh, but she presented the idea that she had faith in me, that she knew I was going to do well, that she could help and that she really wanted to. It was so flattering and so exciting too.Allen played well all week, accelerated Sunday and, on the back nine, Gustafson came into her own.I had a long wait to hit into the green on 16 and Soph gave me a little talk that I will never forget, said Allen. She talked about a Solheim Cup match she had played, about what she had been thinking, how she had told herself to dig deep, how she stood over every shot telling herself to forget everyone else. That was a special moment.With victory came confirmation that she had really, really wanted it after all and also a sense that, for it to happen where it did, maybe fate had intervened this time. The relief after it happened, being able to say that Im a winner, especially in that event, on that course. I still think to myself, wow, theres something going on in the universe.Spin forward a year and she has continued to ride the wave. She was fourth in the LPGA co-sanctioned Womens Australian Open and third last week in the Scottish Open, an event that is now close to her heart since earlier this month she married her long-term girlfriend Clare Queen and lives in Edinburgh.A lot of my friends from America stayed after the wedding, Allen laughed. My mom was there, and Clare works for Scottish Golf so I help out. There were a lot of kids following me, it really felt like home. I was smiling all the way round, it was awesome.The immediate future offers the opportunity to improve on her best finish at the Ricoh Womens British Open (T30 in 2011) and the parkland Woburn layout should suit her, but this week she will also decide whether to compete at LPGA Q school.Im pretty sure Ill give it a go, she said. Its not that Im unhappy on the LET, I still love it. I just feel that as Ive got a bit better Id be doing myself a disservice if I didnt give myself a shot at the LPGA.The grave truth is that her earnings this year in Europe (€109,425) equate to about the same earned by the 81st-ranked player on the LPGA money list. I dont really want to leave, but its not easy to put away money in Europe. I have to think of my future.If she returns to the LPGA the journey will have been circuitous, but also brave. She describes her kidney donation as a no-brainer and yet, as tour osteopath Adam Olarenshaw put it, Any surgery is a risk and shell have been made aware of that prior to the operation.More to the point he adds, At a time when every athlete is looking for that extra one per cent, Beth went the other way, she sacrificed a percentage.She may indeed have taken one step back with the donation, but it allowed her to take two steps forward with her life and career. She didnt, and she hasnt, stopped. Theres more to come. ' ' '
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