Daniel Storey looks at what we learned in the Premier League this weekend.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is “100% sure” the club has the right structure in place and money is available to strengthen his struggling squad.

Five things we found out about Unai Emery’s top-four pretenders

Manchester United have condemned racial abuse which was aimed at midfielder Paul Pogba on social media after his missed penalty in the 1-1 draw at Wolves on Monday night.

Chris Hatherall (pic) Shane Duffy has insisted there will be no ill-feeling or uncomfortableness when he faces former Republic teammate Declan Rice in the Premier League today, focusing instead on taking his own career to the next level.

Chris Sutton fully accepts that Paul Pogba hasn’t reproduced his World Cup-winning form at Old Trafford.

The pressure is on Unai Emery to deliver at Arsenal this season. Failure to finish in the top four or win a trophy could signal an abrupt end for Arsene Wenger’s successor at London’s biggest club. Wenger’s early success and general brilliance ultimately afforded him 22 years running football affairs so replacing him was always going to be a challenge despite fortunes waning towards the end of his reign.

For the past three seasons, the top of the Premier League has been a closed shop. While both Manchester United and Arsenal have recently dropped out of the Champions League places, so far their financial advantages and traditional pulling power for top players have kept their heads above water.

Romelu Lukaku finally won his one-man battle to extricate himself from Old Trafford, Manchester United only losing £2m (€2.2m) on a player for whom they paid £75m two years ago, even if he left with a rebuke from Gary Neville ringing in his ears.

So that’s nearly Friday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Manchester United may have finished only sixth in the table last season but they comfortably retained their position as the leading developers of Premier League talent.

Arsenal supporters were warned to be careful what they wished for when they hounded Arsene Wenger out of the club a year ago.

This was the day when England and former Republic midfielder Declan Rice found out whether Dexit was really worth all the aggro and, unlike the current political shenanigans haunting London, his strategic exit turned out rather well.

“There seems to be a feeling nobody totally understands what it’s about,” admitted Martin O’Neill ahead of this Nations League tie with Wales in Cardiff.

As Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane pitch into battle tonight without the services of disenchanted Harry Arter, former Ireland boss Mick McCarthy is calling on him to mount a reconciliation bid.

Unai Emery claimed his first victory as Arsenal manager as the Gunners came from behind to beat West Ham, who are still to claim a point under Manuel Pellegrini, 3-1.

It's back!

Manchester United’s troubled International Champions Cup campaign suffered another blow, with a 4-1 defeat to Premier League rivals, Liverpool, in Michigan on Saturday night.

I felt it slightly. Did you? Maybe not happiness when they were winning. But definitely disappointment when they lost.

England have reached World Cup semi-final for the first time since the Gazza-led team of Italia 90, which famously lost to Germany on penalties. But how do the teams compare and who makes a combined XI? We take on the challenge...

It was an age of innocence that seems a long time ago now; those perfect summer days when we could take a moment every few hours to ask ourselves whether or not this has been a great World Cup, maybe even the greatest World Cup.

There will be 100 Premier League players in action at the World Cup, spread across 25 international teams.

Gareth Southgate has decided against selecting Joe Hart or Jack Wilshere.

Mo Salah has rightly taken all the plaudits this season after winning the PFA Player of the Year and the Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year awards, but as the campaign comes to a close he is not the only one enjoying a lap of honour and the adulation of his fans.

Gareth Southgate's men capped a promising display with a deserved victory as an experimental England side secured victory thanks to Jesse Lingard's first international goal.

Sheffield Wednesday fan Jamie Vardy put the Blades to the sword as Leicester knocked Sheffield United out of the FA Cup.

Manchester City have written to the body responsible for professional referees following a number of bad tackles on their players, it's understood.

Happy new year. If that lasts past 5pm today, I’ll be amazed.

Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku has played the most football of any Premier League player this season going into the festive schedule.

Leicester 1 Manchester City 1 (Manchester City win 4-3 on penalties AET): Claudio Bravo was Manchester City’s penalty hero as they kept their hopes of a dream quadruple alive to beat Leicester and reach the Carabao Cup semi finals.

Ireland star Robbie Brady has begun the long road to recovery after undergoing surgery on the serious knee injury he sustained in Burnley’s 1-0 defeat at Leicester City last Saturday.

West Ham secured their first point under David Moyes as Cheikhou Kouyate's header earned a draw with Leicester.

If you were merely bored during the international break, you were one of the lucky ones.

Craig Shakespeare was sacked as Leicester boss because the club did not consistently fulfil their early promise under his management.

Leicester were unable to end their home hoodoo against West Brom at the King Power Stadium.

England once again disappointed in victory as Gareth Southgate's men stuttered against Lithuania in the final competitive match before next summer's World Cup.

Philippe Coutinho scored his first goal of the season as Liverpool held on to claim a thrilling 3-2 victory at Leicester in the late game.

With the international break and the phoney wars of the transfer window now thankfully behind us, FPL managers can focus on the season ‘proper’.

Man Utd 2 Leicester 0

Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini scored to maintain Manchester United's 100% start and spare Romelu Lukaku's blushes against Leicester.

Arsenal 4 Leicester 3

Olivier Giroud came off the bench to head home a late winner and seal three points for Arsenal in a topsy-turvy Premier League opener against Leicester.

Everton splashed the cash yesterday, announcing the signing of Ajax attacking midfielder Davy Klaassen for a fee of £23.5m (€26.9m) just hours after they completed the signing of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from Sunderland for a club record £30m (€34.3m) fee.

Manchester United last night completed the signing of Swedish defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica on a four-year deal.