With four of the division's top sides competing in the FA Cup and the two Merseyside outfits coming up short with poor performances, this week's team celebrates players from the Premier League's bottom half and a pair of Red Devils.

GK - Eldin Jakupovic

Hull City continued its stunning run under Marco Silva by blanking Watford at the KCOM, and Eldin Jakupovic was on point, making four saves including a stellar denial of a Sebastian Prodl header and a right-footed stop on Etienne Capoue.

DF - Eric Bailly

Eric Bailly has a knack for timing. With just Bailly and Daley Blind left as experienced centre-backs amid a host of injuries to Manchester United defenders, the Ivorian tough tackler was a menace, smothering Burnley forwards Ashley Barnes and Andre Gray in a 2-0 victory that keeps Jose Mourinho's top-four hopes alive.

DF - Charlie Daniels

Left-back was a position of strength on the weekend, with Bournemouth's Charlie Daniels forming a dominant combination with Marc Pugh in a 4-0 victory over Middlesbrough. His fourth goal of the season was the cherry on top for the south-coast struggler in a result that all but secures the club's third consecutive campaign of top-flight football.

DF - Jeffrey Schlupp

With last season's defensive darling Pape Souare continuing his protracted recovery from a leg break, Crystal Palace was handed a boost at left-back Sunday at Liverpool courtesy of Jeffrey Schlupp, who made six tackles and won two aerial duels while streaking up and down the touchline with ease.

MF - Kamil Grosicki

Saturday's win over Watford featured a trademark display from Polish winger Kamil Grosicki reminiscent of his Rennes tenure. The January signing connected on 88 percent of his passes and his whipping cross on Lazar Markovic's opener was as pinpoint as they come.

MF - Tom Carroll

No better time for a first club goal than in a must-win match, and thanks to Tom Carroll's 70th-minute deflected dipper and overall display, Swansea City kept pace with Hull City in the race for 17th with a win against a Stoke side that appears set for a summer sabbatical.

MF - Sam Clucas

Who needs 11 players when you have Sam Clucas? Despite Oumar Niasse's contentious sending off, Hull City dominated reeling Watford, and Clucas' stunning strike was arguably the weekend's best. From non-league Nettleham to top-tier football, Clucas' rise this season with the Tigers has been a deserved one.

MF - Marc Pugh

Any number of Bournemouth midfielders could have made this team, and Marc Pugh narrowly edges Harry Arter by virtue of a dominant performance on the left flank against Middlesbrough. His assist on Josh King's second-minute opener set the table for a one-sided thrashing, and his second-half goal crushed what little fight the soon-to-be-relegated visitors had left in the tank

FW - Benik Afobe

Benik Afobe, who like Cherries chum Pugh gets the nod amid a slew of outstanding Bournemouth displays, scored his sixth goal of the season in a performance that was trademark Eddie Howe. The Arsenal academy product also formed a lethal combination with King, stringing together 91 percent of his passes in tight spaces against an outmatched Boro backline.

FW - Christian Benteke

On a day where Jurgen Klopp started Divock Origi up top and named a bench with nary an experienced attacking option, Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke was the difference against the side which deemed him surplus to requirements. Payback is a brace.

FW - Anthony Martial

On Sunday at Turf Moor, United needed a forward to replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Anthony Martial needed a run-out fitting of a £58-million price tag. Mired in a mercurial campaign, the Frenchman provided both, bagging his 25th goal in a Red Devils strip to give former side Monaco £8.5 million reasons to smile.