1. Martin Skrtel, Liverpool – 7.44
However, out in front is a player from a Reds team that is more famed for its scoring this term as opposed to its defensive nous.
Yet in a squad brimming with centre-backs – Daniel Agger, Mamadou Sakho and Kolo Toure among them – the Slovakia international has been the only ever-present figure at the back.
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