Lukaku
Normal service was resumed this weekend as Liverpool and Manchester City showed again that they are above the rest in the Premier League this season.
Pep Guardiola’s men returned to winning ways by embarrassing Watford at the Etihad and the Reds maintained their perfect start to the campaign.
Here, Sportsmail’s SAM McEVOY picks out 10 things he learned from the latest round of fixtures.
Following Romelu Lukaku’s £73million switch to Inter Milan this summer, there were fears that Manchester United would live to regret not finding a replacement for the prolific Belgian.
Those fears were realised when Marcus Rashford limped off with a groin injury at the London Stadium, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer without a recognised striker.
With Anthony Martial currently out with a thigh problem and Mason Greenwood suffering from tonsillitis, Solskjaer was forced to rely on Jesse Lingard to get a goal against West Ham – the same Jesse Lingard that has 29 goals in 173 appearances for United.
Without anyone to rely on up front, Solskjaer will be kicking himself, with his gamble backfiring massively so early on in the season.
VAR has yet again dominated the headlines this weekend as it ruled out two important goals for offside, in both Tottenham’s and Chelsea’s games.
With both proving to be the correct decisions, it still didn’t stop fans and pundits alike arguing the case that Son Heung-min and Cesar Azpilicueta’s goals should have stood.