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Man City continued their winning ways thumping Man United 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium. United could not count with Paul Pogba as the French player did not recover in time from an injury after "sacrificing for the team" in their clash versus Juventus, according to Jose Mourinho. United slipped a place down to eight after their Derby defeat.
At Stamford Bridge, Everton held Chelsea to a goalless draw pushing the Blues down to the third spot in the league table.
Arsenal came back from behind to draw Wolves 1-1 after a lack-lustre performance at the Emirates Stadium.
Liverpool secured a 2-0 victory against Fulham at Anfield to overtake Chelsea to attain the second position in the league table. Slavisa Jokanovic is in serious trouble of being sacked after Fulham suffered their sixth consecutive defeat to stay at the bottom of the league.
Cardiff won their second home game of the season after registering a 2-1 victory over a ten-men Brighton at the Cardiff Stadium. Brighton remains unchanged at 12th after the loss. Cardiff, however, is still in the relegation zone at 18th despite the win. Neil Warnock undoubtedly enjoyed the victory in his 100th game in charge with the Bluebirds.
David Wagner’s Huddersfield moved down to 19th position after holding West Ham to a 1-1 draw at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Burnley stopped Leicester from scoring in a premier league match this season after holding them to a 0-0 draw at the King Power Stadium.
Salomon Rondon‘s double gave a 2-1 victory at St. James‘s Park, with Newcastle securing their second victory of the season over Bournemouth. The Magpies instantly jumped three positions up to 14th.
Mark Hughes' Southampton played brilliantly after their mauling at the hands of Manchester City to hold Watford to a 1-1 draw at St. Mary‘s Stadium. Watford moved to the seventh spot despite their draw while Southampton settled one place below to 17th.
Spurs posted a solitary goal win over Palace in Selhurst Park. Roy Hodgson side relinquished two places to 16th in the league table as they are still struggling to record a win at home.
I have adopted a 4-4-2 formation this week.
Goalkeeper - Joe Hart (Burnley)
Hart is back at the limelight after a sterling display against the Foxes to secure his third clean sheet of the season. and four saves
Leicester tested Hart early through Wilfred Ndidi‘s long-range strike. A diving save from Hart with his finger-tips denied Ndidi.
The Foxes should have got the lead after Hart misjudged the cross from Mark Albrighton and his poor clearance fell to Vardy inside the six-yard box. However, Matt Lowton came up with a goal-line block to deny Vardy and save the day for the Clarets in the 15th minute.
Joe Hart made a spectacular save with his out-stretched legs to deny Demarai Gray in the 27th minute from Vardy‘s through ball.
Following a fast break, Vardy set up Marc Albrighton down the right flank with a weighted pass. Albrighton‘s shot got parried away by Hart, and Kevin Long cleared the loose ball.
Hart almost caught Chris Wood in considerable space from a through ball before he got caught offside by the linesman.
Centre-Back - Juan Foyth (Tottenham Hotspur)
Juan capitalised on an opportunistic header from close range which took the Spurs to victory over the Eagles.
The 20-year-old central defender from Argentina scored his first Premier League goal in just his second appearance in the English Premier League 2018-19.
It all resulted from a corner efficiently delivered by Lamela. Harry Kane pounced on the header which took a deflection of Milivojevic. The resultant free ball got headed into the upper left corner by Foyth past a ball-watching Jordan Ayew.
Centre-Back - Souleymane Bamba (Cardiff City)
Bamba made amends for his initial mistake which led the Seagulls to take the initial lead following a free-kick. Bamba poorly defended the set-piece leaving an unmarked Dunk to pounce behind from the far post with a header in the sixth minute.
An acrobatic bicycle kick from Bamba off Manga’s header struck the woodwork, and the follow-up shot from Paterson deflects off Dunk and onto the crossbar. Bamba had another bite of the cherry as he drilled the loose ball with a fierce right footed shot to the roof of the net to give the Bluebirds the lead. He instantly pulled off his shirt and raced away to celebrate the goal in the 90th minute after a splendid comeback by Cardiff.
Earlier, Camarasa had a long-range shot that was half-heartedly stopped by Mat Ryan. Ryan collected the ball on the second attempt before a rapidly advancing Bamba could pounce on it.
Bamba is one of the most solid defenders in Cardiff’s lineup with 24 completed tackles and 77 clearances to his name.
Right-Back - Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
After an offside call by Paul Tierney denied Fulham a goal, Alisson reacted quickly and released the ball to Alexander-Arnold. His defence-splitting long ball found Mohamed Salah clear down the right flank who slotted it past Sergio Rico for Liverpool’s initial goal.
Alexander-Arnold missed a header which sailed high over the crossbar from Fabinho‘s cross in the 20th minute and another one in the 86th minute past the back post.
Firmino presented a glorious opportunity for the Liverpool full-back, but his right-footed shot from outside the box sailed over the bar in the 81st minute.
A sturdy Fulham defence withstood a brace of long-range shots from Alexander-Arnold.
He set up Mane with an inch-perfect cross only for Mane to skew it wide of the goal in the 53rd minute.
Left-Back - Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
Andrew Robertson provided a first-time cross which found an unmarked Shaqiri at the far post to slot the ball home for his side‘s second goal.
Robertson prompted an excellent save from Rico in the 62nd minute after an inviting pass from Firmino.
Sadio Mane was the recipient from Robertson‘s sublime cross which sailed high over the goal post hardly troubling the Fulham custodian.
Andrew Robertson provided a defence-splitting pass to Salah who got deemed off-side by the linesman with Rico heaving a sigh of relief.
Robertson has enjoyed a terrific start this season for the Reds with three assists and 25 tackles and 716 passes completed.
Midfielder - Callum Paterson (Cardiff City)
Paterson was at the right place at the right time when Kadeem Harris cross from the byline took a deflection of Gaëtan Bong, and looped towards the centre of the goal were Callum Paterson headed it into the bottom left corner from close range.
Martin Atkinson handed Brighton’s Dale Stephens a straight red card for a high tackle on Greg Cunningham in the 34th minute. In the aftermath of the tackle, Paterson involved in an ugly altercation received a yellow card.
Bamba‘s bicycle kick struck the post, and the follow-up shot from Paterson deflected off Dunk and onto the crossbar in the 90th minute.
Callum Paterson missed another attempt wide of the left goal post in the 93rd minute against the Seagulls.
Paterson is on top of the goal-scoring charts for Cardiff with three goals this season and is only behind Josh Murphy with 18 shots on target.
Midfielder - Ivan Ricardo Neves Abreu Cavaleiro (Wolves)
Ivan Cavaleiro capitalised on the loose ball from Granit Xhaka after a one-two exchange with Raul Jimenez ended up with Cavaleiro finding the bottom right corner to put the Wolves up in front.
Cavaleiro scored his second goal of the season after being included in the starting line-up for the second time this season. Nuno Espírito Santo has used Cavaleiro as a substitute in four of his previous appearances in the league.
Midfielder - Bernardo Silva (Man City)
Portuguese Bernardo Silva won the player of the match in the Manchester Derby after performing a key role in his sides' three goals.
Bernardo Silva‘s low shot from outside the box went wide of the right post past a diving De Gea from Fernandinho‘s cross in the second minute of the game.
After keeping the ball inside the byline from Sterling’s cross, Silva provided a peach of a delivery to the City captain who launched it past De Gea to put the Sky Blues up by one goal.
Silva‘s weighted pass down the left found Aguero whose shot from an acute angle hit the side netting much to United’s relief in the 44th minute.
In the second half, Silva played the ball to Aguero who combined a one-two with Mahrez to find the roof of the net as the fans roared in delight.
When it looked like City was playing the ball around to keep possession, Bernardo‘s pinpoint cross found Ilkay Gündogan free from his marker to slam the ball home from six yards to seal the victory in a move which involved 44 passes.
Attacking Midfielder - David Silva (Man City)
David Silva extracted first blood in the Manchester derby after scoring his side‘s first goal. Brilliant work from Bernardo Silva at the back post found David Silva in the centre of the box who thumped it past De Gea to set the Etihad Stadium on fire.
In the 66th minute, David Silva‘s left-footed strike got blocked from Bernardo Silva‘s cross.
He performed a crucial role in setting up Raheem Sterling and Fernandinho whose shots got blocked out by the United defence. Overall, Silva continues to be one of City's most consistent players.
Centre-Forward - José Salomón Rondón (Newcastle United)
Venezuelan Salomón Rondón provided the impetus for the Magpies with a brace giving Rafael Benítez breathing space with their second consecutive win in the Premier League.
Both of Rondón‘s goals displayed the attributes of a number nine player before a splendid save of the legs from Begovic denied him the hat-trick in the 89th minute.
DeAndre Yedlin provided a peach of a cross from the byline with Rondon unleashing a first-time volley which got saved brilliantly by Begovic. However, Rondon instantly reacted to slot the rebound back into the net to put the Magpies up in front.
Kenedy provided a sublime cross into the centre of the goal in the 40th minute. Rondon powered his way in front of his marker for an unstoppable header into the top left corner.
Rondon earlier missed a header from Ritchie‘s cross in the 55th minute while another from Ki Sung’s cross got blocked in the 47th minute.
Centre-Forward - Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton)
Italian Manolo Gabbiadini scored an early goal for the Saints following a goalmouth melee involving Roberto Pereyra and Danny Ings from a corner. Gabbiadini slotted the resultant free ball into the goal.
Gabbiadini remained lively during the entire match after his left-footed shot from outside the box got saved from James Ward-Prowse‘s cross in the 83rd minute.
He squandered two more opportunities of which one went high from Armstrong’s cross and other was inches wide of the left goal post of Højbjerg‘s cross in the 46th minute.
He found Charlie Austin with a through ball in the 52nd minute which got called as an offside by the linesman. He set up Yoshida for a header in the centre of the box which got blocked out in the 74th minute.
Gabbiadini impressed for the Saints in his second Premier League start this season as Mark Hughes finds himself in the hot seat as Southampton still search for a victory after eight consecutive games.
