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Liverpool's Steven Gerrard unsurprisingly leads the accolades this week after a barnstorming performance against Aston Villa.

HOW IT WORKS

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - The Sun, Daily 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

Fulham's Mark Schwarzer starts between the sticks for our TOTW after keeping nine-man Manchester United at bay with some fine stops.

Micah Richards scored his first goal in eons to help Manchester City past 10-man Sunderland and thus gets a berth in defence.

In midfield it's all about that man Gerrard. Score a hat-trick in a 5-0 win against perceived decent opposition and it's a good bet you'll feature. The papers like your work Stevie G.

Portsmouth's Peter Crouch is rewarded for his brace against Everton with a TOTW spot up front, where he is partnered by the excellent Robin van Persie, who masterminded Arsenal's 3-1 win at Newcastle.

Team of the Week (4-4-2)

GK: Mark Schwarzer (Fulham) - 40

RB: Micah Richards (Manchester City) - 37

CB: Brede Hangeland (Fulham) - 39

CB: Ledley King (Tottenham) - 38

LB: Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham) - 35

RM: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) - 37

CM: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 43

CM: Danny Murphy (Fulham) - 40

LM: Luka Modric (Tottenham) - 40

FW: Peter Crouch (Portsmouth) - 40

FW: Robin van Persie (Arsenal) - 38

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

Aston Villa fans look away now. Following Villa's 5-0 mauling at Liverpool six of Martin O'Neill's men are shamed with a spot in the FOTW.

The wooden spoon goes to Fabricio Coloccini of Newcastle, however, who was simply dreadful against Arsenal.

Paul Scholes and Park Ji-Sung represent free-falling Manchester United in midfield, with Dimitar Berbatov forming a rather attractive pairing with Manchester City's Robinho up top - that's £64.5 million of talent in the FOTW strikeforce.

Flops of the Week (4-4-2)

GK: Brad Friedel (Aston Villa) - 24

RB: Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa) - 18

CB: Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle) - 19

CB: Curtis Davies (Aston Villa) - 24

LB: Luke Young (Aston Villa) - 24

RM: Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United) - 26

CM: Paul Scholes (Manchester United) - 21

CM: Stiliyan Petrov (Aston Villa) - 24

LM: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 24

FW: Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) - 23

FW: Robinho (Manchester City) - 24

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 14 starts)

No changes to report in the TOTS this week, with Gerrard and Frank Lampard holding firm in the centre of the park.

Wayne Rooney can consider himself lucky that substitute appearances don't count, after getting sent off at Fulham

GK: Shay Given (Manchester City) - 34.21 average

RB: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 32.45

CB: Michael Turner (Hull) - 33.48

CB: Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 33.84

LB: Patrice Evra (Manchester United) - 31.9

RM: Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic) - 33.54

CM: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 35.32

CM: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 34.63

LM: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 33.05

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 34.21

FW: Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) - 33.32

FLOPS OF THE SEASON (minimum 13 starts)

Good news for El Hadji-Diouf fans! The Blackburn midfielder is ousted from the FOTS by Tottenham's David Bentley, whose stock fell despite the fact he spent Saturday afternoon on the bench.

GK: Scott Carson (West Brom) - 30.1

RB: Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.64

CB: Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United) - 28.20

CB: Abdoulaye Meite (West Bromwich Albion) - 27.86

LB: Jose Enrique (Newcastle United) - 26.86

RM: David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.95

CM: Zoltan Gera (Fulham) - 28.53

CM: Amdy Faye (Stoke City) - 27.47

LM: Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) - 28.26

FW: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur) - 27.28

FW: Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.3

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