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

Nuno lets a golden opportunity slip, Viktor Gyökeres does everything but score and Benjamin Sesko struggles again

TALKING POINTS: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko, West Ham's Nuno Espírito Santo and Arsenal’s Viktor Gyökeres.

1 McFarlane holds own against Guardiola 

Calum McFarlane’s unexpected battle with Pep Guardiola brought back memories of the 2021 League Cup final, when Ryan Mason, Tottenham’s 29-year-old interim coach, faced the significant task of trying to outsmart one of the greatest managers in the game’s history. For Mason there was the added baggage of Spurs’ 13-year trophy drought; for McFarlane, making his senior management debut, it was Chelsea’s astonishingly bad recent record against Manchester City.