Heroes and villains

Skysports.com's ratings review returns as we reveal this week's heroes and villains.

Skysports.com's readers and writers name stars and shame flops

Skysports.com's ratings review feature is back for the 2010/11 Premier League season in the new-and-improved format of heroes and villains. After each round of fixtures we will discover the stars from the latest performances, as well as highlighting those who had matches to forget. The player ratings awarded by readers and journalists after every match of the season are used to assess the performances of the individuals on show. Remember, it is possible to give your rating on all the players in the Premier League via the player rating tab of each fixture and we will continue to round up the best and the worst on show.

Heroes

Ahmed Elmohamady

Sunderland's on-loan Egyptian had manager Steve Bruce on Cloud Nine after his performance in Saturday's 1-0 win over Aston Villa. Winger Elmohamady possesses pace in abundance and is a threat in the air, which has reportedly attracted the interest of Manchester United and Arsenal. But Bruce wants to secure a permanent deal and our reporter, Peter Fraser, and readers seem to understand why after awarding a rating of eight and 9.1, respectively.

Lukasz Fabianski

Bit of a strange one, considering the Arsenal goalkeeper was playing against a Manchester City team who had been reduced to 10 men after the opening five minutes. But Fabianski still had work to do to help his side to a 3-0 win at Eastlands, which moved Arsene Wenger's men up to second in the Premier League. If it were not for the shot-stopper's brilliant save from David Silva in the opening 60 seconds it could have been a different story. Readers decided Fabianski was worthy of an average rating of 9.2, while reporter Warren Barner was slightly less generous with his assessment of eight.

Sotirios Kyrgiakos

He might look a bit like a wrestler from a couple of decades ago, but the Liverpool centre-back also possesses plenty of footballing ability and he demonstrated that fact in Sunday's much-needed 2-1 victory over Blackburn. Greek powerhouse Kyrgiakos scored his side's opener with a towering header before proving a persistent barrier to almost all of Sam Allardyce's side's attacking intent. Our man, Jonathan Jurejko, was suitably impressed and awarded the defender with a man of the match nine, while readers almost exactly agreed with an average of 8.7.

Villains

Dedryck Boyata

No prizes for guessing that a red card in the opening five minutes of a match does not bode for a good score in skysports.com's player ratings. Boyata collected a four from journalist Barner, while readers pulled no punches when dishing out a 2.4. The Belgian is still learning his trade, but he needs to realise that his pace will not always get him out of jail. Boyata's clattering challenge on Marouane Chamakh left referee Mark Clattenburg with no choice but to send him for an early bath.

Marlon Harewood

What a fall from grace for the Blackpool striker. On the opening day of the season he was among the heroes for scoring two goals in the demolition of Wigan, but now he finds himself on the Dark Side. Mike Barton used his expert opinion to decide the striker 'struggled' in Saturday's 2-0 defeat at out-of-form Birmingham, which was deemed worthy of a rating of five. Readers were less convinced and gave Harewood the Premier League's lowest average total for last weekend - 2.3.

Stephen Kelly

West Brom have been surprising plenty of people this season and Fulham defender Kelly can therefore join the list of those taken aback by the Baggies. The full-back was given a torrid afternoon by Jerome Thomas as he and his team-mates fell to a 2-1 defeat at The Hawthorns. But there was a slight difference of opinion between Raz Mirza and readers. Mirza decided Kelly was worthy of a six, which roughly equates in heroes and villains talk to a 'did his job', however, readers opted for a scathing average of 3.5.