A look a the best and the worst of the midweek fixtures, with one man raising the bar yet again.

HOW IT WORKS

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - Sun, Mirror, Mail, Times and Guardian (or at least those that bother) - to reach a total out of 50. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the week, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Cristiano Ronaldo has exceeded even his own ridiculously high standards this week, in no small part due to his stunning free kick that defied physics, stopped wars and generally changed the human race as we know it. He scored a record-breaking 45 points for his latest two-goal haul. Also honorary mentions to Middlesbrough duo Stewart Downing and Jeremie Aliadiere, who contributed to a thrilling first-half display against Wigan.

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough) - 35

Luke Young (Middlesbrough) - 37.5

Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) - 36

David Wheater (Middlesbrough) - 37.5

Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 35

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 45

Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) - 40

Michael Ballack (Chelsea) - 40

Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) - 42.5

Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough) - 40

Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) - 37.5

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

The flipside of Ronaldo and United's dominance is that six Portsmouth players are featured in the losers XI, including a debut that Milan Baros would rather forget and a surprising Flop of the Week award-winner in Sol Campbell. Maik Taylor scored the same as Jussi Jasskelainen and Antti niemi, but at least they kept clean sheets.

Maik Taylor (Birmingham City) - 27.5

Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 20

Sol Campbell (Portsmouth) - 19

Rafael Schmitz (Birmingham City) - 22.5

Noe Pamarot (Portsmouth) - 25

Lauren (Portsmouth) - 20

Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham) - 25

Stiliyan Petrov (Aston Villa) - 24

Harry Kewell (Liverpool) - 21

Benjani (Portsmouth) - 20

Milan Baros (Portsmouth) - 20

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 12 starts)

Joe Hart (Manchester City) - 33.15 average

Steve Finnan (Liverpool) - 31.93

Joleon Lescott (Everton) - 34.52

Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 33.82

Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 32.38

Ashely Young (Aston Villa) - 34.27

Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 34.28

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 34.33

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 35.69

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 35.53

Carlos Tevez (Manchester United) - 34.02

FLOPS OF THE SEASON

Stephen Bywater (Derby County) - 29.83

Chris Baird (Fulham) - 28.10

Ibrahima Sonko (Reading) - 27.04

Claude Davis (Derby County) - 26.97

Jay McEveley (Derby County) - 27.05

Craig Fagan (Derby County) - 28.21

Alan Smith (Newcastle United) - 27.91

Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading) - 27.69

Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) - 28.38

Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers) - 28.26

Michael Chopra (Sunderland) - 28.34

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