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Team of the Week

See who made Opta's Team of the Week from the weekend's action in the Premier League. Arsenal provide four players, while Swansea City once again have two men in the side.

See who made Opta's Team of the Week, with Arsenal featuring heavily after beating Liverpool.

Team of the week

Jussi Jaaskelainen - West Ham United
Veteran goalkeeper made nine saves this weekend without conceding a single goal in the 3-0 home win over Fulham.
Carl Jenkinson - Arsenal
Young full-back has had his critics but he made six tackles and did not concede a single foul during the 2-0 victory at Liverpool.
Winston Reid - West Ham United
Centre-half made nine clearances, one block and two interceptions and only misplaced one pass inside his own half during West Ham's success over Fulham.
Jan Vertonghen - Tottenham Hotspur
Only Rio Ferdinand (20) made more clearances this weekend (19) than the Tottenham new boy.
Kieran Gibbs - Arsenal
Another Arsenal full-back gets into the team as Gibbs misplaced just five passes en route to the Gunners' third successive clean sheet.
Jonathan De Guzman - Swansea City
Swansea's summer signing made 84 successful passes, with an overall completion rate of 96.6% in the 2-2 draw with Sunderland.
Santi Cazorla - Arsenal
The Spanish playmaker is in the Team of the Week again after creating Lukas Podolski's opener and then scoring the second goal himself in the 2-0 win at Liverpool.
Yaya Toure - Manchester City
The Ivory Coast midfielder scored the opening goal and made 81 successful passes, 26 of which were into the final third, during City's 3-1 home win over Queens Park Rangers.
Lukas Podolski - Arsenal
The Germany international scored his first goal for Arsenal with his only unblocked shot of the game and created Cazorla's goal in the triumph at Anfield.
Robin van Persie - Manchester United
The Red Devils striker scored a hat-trick from 11 shots in total in the 3-2 win at Southampton, and missed a penalty, as he took his tally to four goals in three appearances since his move from Arsenal.
Nathan Dyer - Swansea City
The winger completed 30 passes into the final third, and also had three shots on target, during the draw with Sunderland at the Liberty Stadium.

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