Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Sandro Tonali sets the tone, Manchester City debutants have mixed fortunes and Brighton must find their edge.

TOUGH DEBUT: Manchester City's Abduqodir Khusanov (right) and Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson battle for the ball. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

(1) United build fragile sense of belief

As a cure for the Sunday fear, the self-identifying worst Manchester United team in history’s trip to Craven Cottage was pot-boiling viewing. It will be some time until Ruben Amorim can stage high-end entertainment of a Wolf Hall standard but at least relegation is now unlikely to be the series conclusion.