Eugene YS Han runs the rule at the best and the worst from all the weekend's action in the Barclays Premier League.

Heroes

Rafael Benitez
One of the few managers not to suffer the curse of losing a game straight after winning the 'Manager of the Month' award, Rafael Benitez has enjoyed yet another victory in the league with Liverpool. It was a significant one even though it did not involve any of the Big Four nor was it against their bitter Merseyside neighbours, Everton. It was against Bolton - a team which some feel have been Liverpool's bogey team. Benitez's first league game at the Reebok during the 2004/05 season began with a 1-0 loss. Some had believed Liverpool's new Spanish players: Josemi, Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso were 'too soft' for the Barclays Premier League. Since then Liverpool had only won twice in five games at Bolton, till last weekend.

Cristiano Ronaldo
With already nine goals to his name, the Manchester United winger reached yet another milestone in English football. Ronaldo scored his 100th and 101th goals for United last weekend to further entrench himself into the record books. Reviled by some of his fans at the start of the season for wanting to play for Real Madrid, the winger has remarkably kept his composure and continued his goal-scoring ways. With Chelsea and Liverpool blazing a trail at the top of the table, it is essential United keep in touch. Ronaldo's form will be crucial going into the busy Christmas period as Alex Ferguson's side negotiate five competitions. By then, Ronaldo would have won himself a well-deserved FIFA World Player of the Year accolade.

Chelsea
The unstoppable blue force of Chelsea continued their remarkable away form, setting a new record of ten away wins in a row. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side may have lost their proud unbeaten home record but surely a 100% away record would not seem trivial as comparison. And as remarkable as it seems, the Blues secured their tenth away victory with a line-up bereft of a host of star players. Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba who were all on the bench. Petr Cech was also out with a muscular injury. With such strength in depth, Chelsea are looking in great shape to wrest the league title back from Manchester United.

Fortress Craven Cottage
Fulham are in red-hot form when they are playing at home. The Cottagers have won four out of their six home league fixtures - the latest one was against high-flying Tottenham - making them one of most successful home teams in the league. Now if only Roy Hodgson's men can do it away from home. Fulham have only one point on their travels so far - and they face Liverpool next.

Roy Keane
Whatever the Sunderland gaffer said to his underperforming players worked to perfection as three points at Ewood Park propelled them out of the relegation spots.

Zeroes

Heurelho Gomes
The Brazilian goalkeeper's weekly blunders are threatening to derail Tottenham's escape plans. You could say that the Spurs stopper is single-handedly costing Spurs valuable points in their battle to climb the table. Harry Redknapp is so desperate that he is considering calling up Ben Alnwick and then getting Carlo Cudicini or Ben Foster on-loan during the January transfer window. It is hard to believe this is the same player that played for PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League.

Arsenal
Perhaps the other thing that kept Spurs fans happy has been Arsenal's roller-coaster form this season. The Gunners have suffered yet another league defeat following an emphatic midweek League Cup win. Arsene Wenger should seriously consider playing his 'B' team in the league. Arsenal may still hold fourth position but with Aston Villa hungry to break into the top four, the Gunners have to improve sharply or risk missing out on Champions League action next season. If that happens, it will spark another player exodus from the Emirates Stadium. They have now lost four of their opening 13 league matches this season - their equal most PL defeats after 13 league matches in Premier League history. It is 14 years since they lost as many as four matches at this stage of the season, back in 1994-95.

West Ham
The pressure is mounting on Gianfranco Zola after West Ham's failure to win their last seven games. The young Italian manager has been looking a little lost on the touch-line and is finding it tough to eke out results with his team low on confidence. Zola admitted his team has been playing good football but the results haven't gone his way. The popular Italian insists victory is just round the corner but the club's owners might think otherwise if the Hammers' current form continues into Christmas.

Scott Carson
After the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea, the West Bromwich goalkeeper now has an unwanted record of conceding the most goals in the Premier League since August 2006 with 124. Some Liverpool fans doubted Rafael Benitez's decision to sell Carson but now the Liverpool gaffer seems vindicated. With the Baggies looking more and more like relegation candidates, Carson's goal-against tally will surely rise as the season progresses.