Everything’s going to be all right at Manchester United, but it probably won’t be for Brendan Rodgers, and Liverpool need a collective slap in the face.
Winners
Manchester United
The 3-1 win over Arsenal was about as good a performance as it was reasonable to expect from Manchester United. It was far from perfect, and Arsenal can perhaps consider themselves unfortunate to have left Old Trafford with nothing, but it was chalk to the United cheese of three weeks ago (or cheese to the chalk?).
It was a display to suggest things are going to be all right. That may not seem like praise enough for a side who have just beaten the league leaders. But it’s meant more in the sense that for a while, even after Erik ten Hag had joined, it felt as though things might not be.
For United fans, more than anything, there must be a huge sense of relief.
There are the makings of a top four team. Diogo Dalot and Tyrell Malacia have cemented themselves as the clear first-choice full-backs, the former illustrating his quality in the final third and the latter showing his extraordinary speed, power and awareness to lock down his side of the pitch.
Many questioned whether Christian Eriksen could operate behind Bruno Fernandes but that worked perfectly as Eriksen played the ball through the lines to Fernandes for the first two goals, before breaking beyond him as roles reversed for the third.
When Casemiro is ready to slot in alongside Eriksen, that looks like a very workable midfield trio.
And suddenly, it feels like Ten Hag has forward options. Marcus Rashford looks like he’s about to explode into form, Jadon Sancho is getting closer to Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho and looked comfortable on the left, while Antony scored, kissed the badge and immediately won over the Old Trafford crowd. And all the while they’ve got arguably the greatest goalscorer in the history of the game ready to come from the bench if needs be.
Hold on, does it feel good to be a United fan again?
Ivan Toney
Brentford fans will be very, very pleased this Toney display came after the transfer window had closed. It was an untimely reminder of his undeniable quality for bigger sides who really should have been chasing his transfer this summer.
His hat-trick against Leeds consisted of a penalty that he tucked away with his distinctive aplomb having won it himself, a free-kick which he managed to both smash and curl into the top corner, and a beautiful chip he calmly waited to execute after…
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