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Another play of Premier League action successful nan books brought immoderate much-needed alleviation for Manchester United and Erik 10 Hag, and plentifulness of VAR vexation for Wolves and Arsenal.
There was really immoderate jeopardy astir a Manchester City consequence for a change, while slick passers Chelsea yet fell short to morganatic title contenders - much connected that soon - Liverpool.
In nan first of a play column, Mail Sport picks retired 5 of nan astir absorbing talking points to look from nan Premier League complete nan weekend.
MORGAN ROGERS FOR ENGLAND
It feels a touch banal to propose 1 of nan missing pieces for England is yet different imaginative midfielder but I’m going to do it anyway.
Questions are swirling astir really incoming leader Thomas Tuchel - who should perfectly not beryllium waiting until January to get going but that’s a abstracted rumor - tin maximise nan talents of Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, James Maddison and others.
Morgan Rogers should beryllium successful nan speech for England owed to his stellar shape for Aston Villa
England prima Ollie Watkins said Rogers has nan 'world astatine his feet' and it's difficult to disagree
But it is really Morgan Rogers that should beryllium intriguing Tuchel nan astir - and he only continues to underline that pinch each passing week.
If we usage Palmer, who nabbed Rogers’ ‘cold’ ceremony and made it his own, arsenic a reference constituent from this season, Rogers ranks higher successful shooting accuracy pinch half arsenic galore shots going disconnected target.
Compare him to Maddison this play and Rogers has produced much shots and created much Big Chances, pinch some managing 2 convention goals from 8 games.
It is singular to maine that Rogers, who is presently still portion of nan England U21s, started nan twelvemonth playing successful nan Championship and is now playing pinch a swagger befitting of a subordinate moving roughshod complete Champions League and Premier League veterans.
‘He’s sewage nan world astatine his feet,’ team-mate Ollie Watkins said astatine nan weekend.
On this trajectory - pinch Fulham nan latest squad to person their caput near spinning by Rogers’ wizardry - location is nary logical statement for Rogers not to beryllium astatine nan forefront of Tuchel’s thinking.
HOJLUND IS UNITED’S MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER
Spending a batch of clip watching Manchester United successful caller seasons I had settled connected nan sentiment that Erik 10 Hag’s broadside could only spell arsenic acold arsenic Bruno Fernandes takes them. I’ve changed my mind.
It is Rasmus Hojlund, nan 21-year-old striker brought successful for £72million a play agone that is nan astir important portion of this puzzle for Ten Hag.
Rasmus Hojlund useful truthful difficult for Manchester United but needs to adhd much goals to his game
He bagged his first Premier League extremity of nan play astatine nan play and is much important than Bruno Fernandes - United could alert if he finds nan target much often
Bluntly put, United person 7 goals from 112 shots this play and nan astir caller of those, a delightful spot complete Mark Flekken by Hojlund, secured a crucial come-from-behind 2-1 triumph complete Brentford.
Hojlund carries almost each of nan scoring burden. Joshua Zirkzee looks incapable of being relied upon for goals - conscionable nan 1 connected debut for nan £36.5m summertime presence - while Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho rustle basking and acold excessively often to beryllium nan 1 shouldering nan responsibility.
Hojlund ne'er cheats for work-rate - and annoyingly nan aforesaid can’t beryllium said for each players connected show astatine Old Trafford astatine nan play - but pinch truthful fewer goals successful this Ten Hag team, location is simply a need, alternatively than a hope, for him to put this squad connected his backmost to get nan play backmost connected track.
‘This will do wonders for his confidence, his first extremity of nan Premier League season, but that has to beryllium connected a regular ground now,’ Alan Shearer said connected Match of nan Day.
He’s right, too. Find that ruthless streak and United tin fly. Lose his measurement and United are successful a world of pain.
LIVERPOOL ARE LEGIT
Even earlier Arsenal fell short and mislaid astatine Bournemouth I’ve had a nagging uncertainty successful my mind astir Mikel Arteta’s broadside being nan closest competitor to Manchester City. Rightly aliases wrongly, I deliberation their champion opportunity was past season.
Liverpool will decorativeness supra Arsenal this season. That would person been a ‘hot take’ astatine nan opening of nan run erstwhile Arne Slot arrived arsenic Jurgen Klopp’s replacement.
Now it seems a reasonably agreeable 1 pinch Liverpool steamrolling immoderate squad successful their path.
Liverpool will decorativeness supra Arsenal this play and are truthful title contenders
New managers often struggle to win greats but Slot has taken to Liverpool life excellently
I disagree pinch Gary Neville's contention that Liverpool don't person capable astir them
Slot’s broadside are good and genuinely title challengers let’s make nary correction astir that.
Gary Neville isn’t convinced, detailing connected Sky Sports really nan Reds are ‘short’ and don’t person capable to get complete nan line.
I disagree. In Mohamed Salah they almost ever person nan champion subordinate connected nan transportation successful immoderate fixed play while location is simply a supporting formed that person that pace, powerfulness and finesse that tin rustle teams away, Chelsea nan latest unfortunate of Slot-ball.
Manchester City person conceded nan first extremity successful 4 abstracted convention games this season, yet coming backmost to triumph each four.
But playing pinch occurrence yet sees a squad get burned and pinch Liverpool having mislaid conscionable erstwhile truthful acold - a really mediocre capacity to suffer 1-0 astatine location to Nottingham Forest - and 15 goals scored pinch conscionable 3 conceded, person nan tools, contrary to Neville’s view, to punish City.
There is simply a maturity astir Liverpool that I conscionable don’t spot successful Arsenal that convinces maine they really could beryllium nan broadside to dethrone City. Opta’s Supercomputer has moreover reduced nan Gunners to 3rd favourites for nan title, giving them conscionable an 11.3 per cent chance, compared to Liverpool’s 13 per cent changeable astatine glory.
If only we had Arsenal taking connected Liverpool adjacent to show america nan existent contender and nan existent pretender… I’ll get nan popcorn, shall I?
DISCIPLINE WOE IS A BAD LOOK
When I saw that Saturday brought nan astir reddish cards connected a azygous time successful nan Premier League for nan first clip successful 9 years my default mounting was that referees are getting excessively ‘card happy’.
But let’s look astatine nan 5 sending-offs, shall we?
And each I kept reasoning astir watching these incidents backmost is really pinch each passing week it feels that players, much truthful than nan officials, are nan problem. Discipline seems to spell retired nan model and much and much games go 10 v 11 aliases moreover 10 v 10.
Managers request to extremity pointing nan digit astatine nan officials and commencement pointing nan digit astatine their ain players. It’s a bad look, honestly.
Player subject is simply a accordant rumor - we blasted referees for problems acold excessively frequently
MIND THE GAP
Reaching nan Premier League is, for astir clubs, nan absolute dream. Competing pinch nan champion of nan best, pinch nan top players successful nan onshore coming to your spot and nan eyes of nan world focusing connected your club.
And yet it can’t conscionable beryllium maine that feels nan spread for nan promoted sides that travel successful appears to get larger and larger by nan season.
Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town were awesome entertainers past play and yet are winless done 8 games and sewage routinely turned complete this play by a mediocre Everton side.
Southampton played immoderate delightful shot successful nan Championship nether Russell Martin and yet now, again for illustration Ipswich they are winless, they look nailed connected to spell consecutive backmost down.
The spread for nan Premier League caller boys is cavernous - Southampton are still waiting for their first triumph aft their illness against Leicester
Ipswich were soundly beaten by an mean Everton squad this play astatine Portman Road
Leicester City are nan only promoted broadside pinch wins connected nan committee but 1 of those came astatine nan disbursal of a hapless Southampton this weekend, who seemingly contrived to propulsion distant a 2-0 lead and suffer 3-2.
Ipswich person mustered six goals from 8 games. Southampton likewise. Between them they person shipped 34 goals already.
Last season, for only nan 2nd clip successful convention history, each 3 recently promoted sides sewage instantly relegated. That whitethorn good hap again, should Wolves find a measurement to assistance themselves disconnected nan canvas and propulsion a fewer punches of their own.
Investment is 1 of nan biggest factors that has created this seemingly ever expanding gulf betwixt nan Premier League and those caller retired of nan Championship. The money swilling astir connected wages and transportation fees continues to value retired nan newbies.
But it’s a worrying sign. If those who travel up instantly spell down, really do nan Premier League ever shingle up nan position quo?
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