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Manchester City's hard-fought win over Aston Villa sees them claim five places in our midweek Team of the Week, including star goalscorer Shaun Wright-Phillips.

HOW IT WORKS

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - The Sun, The Mirror, The Mail, The Times and The Guardian - to create 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

City's midfield takes pride of place with Elano and Stephen Ireland joining Wright-Phillips and Spurs' Luka Modric in the middle four. Defenders Pablo Zabaleta and Richard Dunne make up the City quintet. Hull's Matt Duke takes the goalkeeping spot after keeping Fulham at bay while young Liverpool full-back Emiliano Insua also sneaks in. The much maligned Nicklas Bendtner earns a start up front after his two goals at West Brom.

Team of the Week (4-4-2)

GK: Matt Duke (Hull City) - 40

RB: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) - 35

CB: Richard Dunne (Manchester City) - 37

CB: John Terry (Chelsea) - 35

LB: Emiliano Insua (Liverpool) - 35

RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City) - 41

CM: Elano (Manchester City) - 40

CM: Stephen Ireland (Manchester City) - 40

LM: Luka Modric (Tottenham) - 38

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 40

FW: Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal) - 40

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

Wigan and West Ham have two players apiece in this week's flops of the week after their x-rated clash at the JJB, including goalscorer Carlton Cole and Lee Cattermole who were both sent-off. Not surprisingly Middlesbrough keeper Brad Jones and two of his defenders are in the line-up after conceding four at Tottenham.

Flops of the Week (4-4-2)

GK: Brad Jones (Middlesbrough) - 26

RB: Lucas Neill (West Ham) - 25

CB: Robert Huth (Middlesbrough) - 25

CB: Curtis Davies (Aston Villa) - 27

LB: Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough) - 27

RM: Salomon Kalou (Chelsea) - 25

CM: Lee Cattermole (Wigan) - 20

CM: Michael Brown (Wigan) - 25

LM: Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth) - 25

FW: Carlton Cole (West Ham) - 22

FW: David Nugent (Portsmouth) - 25

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 13 starts)

No change in the team of the season with Aston Villa's Martin Laursen not suffering from Aston Villa's dip in form as he remains injured.

GK: Shay Given (Manchester City) - 34.46 average

RB: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 32.40

CB: Michael Turner (Hull) - 33.65

CB: Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 33.84

LB: Patrice Evra (Manchester United) - 32.67

RM: Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic) - 33.64

CM: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 34.64

CM: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 35.11

LM: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 33.42

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 34.18

FW: Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) - 33.32

FLOPS OF THE SEASON (minimum 13 starts)

Heurelho Gomes has managed to climb his way out of the flops after keeping a clean sheet against Middlesbrough. England international Scott Carson takes his place. Roman Pavlyuchenko remains in the side despite scoring against Middlesbrough.

GK: Scott Carson (West Bromwich Albion) - 29.78

RB: Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.77

CB: Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle) - 28.57

CB: Abdoulaye Meite (West Bromwich Albion) - 27.86

LB: Jose Enrique (Newcastle United) - 26.85

RM: David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.95

CM: Zoltan Gera (Fulham) - 28.29

CM: Amdy Faye (Stoke City) - 27.47

LM: Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) - 28.00

FW: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur) - 27.28

FW: Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur) - 27.75

Seán Fay / Eurosport