Jordan Henderson, Santi Cazorla and Billy Clarke stand out in midfield – The National’s FA Cup Team of the Week

English football columnist Richard Jolly names his Best XI from the FA Cup action this past week. Click the arrows above to scroll through the team.

Goalkeeper: Shay Given (Aston Villa) The veteran is usually a substitute but, on a rare start, he showed his class by making a stunning save to deny Leicester's Matty James.

Right-back: Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) A centre-back playing at right-back, Dawson nonetheless got forward well to set up Brown Ideye's opener against West Ham.

Centre-back: Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers) After a difficult start, the Blackburn defence got to grips with the Stoke attack with Duffy excelling, as he had against Swansea in the previous round.

Centre-back: Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool) Stood tall when Crystal Palace piled on the pressure in the closing stages, allowing Liverpool to avert a third successive setback at Selhurst Park.

Left-back: James Meredith (Bradford City) On a weekend of terrific left-back displays, the marauding League One player gets the nod ahead of Kieran Gibbs and Markus Olsson.

Right midfield: Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) It was overshadowed by other shocks but Reading's win at Derby was a surprise and Robson-Kanu scored the opening goal.

Centre midfield: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) The stand-in skipper led by example with a dogged display in midfield and a beautiful pass to set up Daniel Sturridge's equaliser.

Centre midfield: Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) In majestic form at the moment, the Spaniard ran the show as Arsenal outclassed Middlesbrough to reach the last eight.

Left midfield: Billy Clarke (Bradford City) The lively Irishman isn't guaranteed his place in the team but was too sharp and too quick-witted for Sunderland at Valley Parade.

Striker: Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion) After Albion almost sold Ideye, he scored four goals in a week, including two in the 4-0 rout of West Ham.

Striker: Josh King (Blackburn Rovers) The Norwegian had scored one goal for Rovers all season. Then the speedy striker managed a 20-minute hat-trick to defeat Stoke.