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

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action Manchester United jog memories, Nick Woltemade comes up short and there’s a tough crowd for Chelsea’s owners
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

PREMIER LEAGUE TALKING POINTS: Callum Wilson, Michael Carrick and Matheus Cunhus after Manchester United's win and Notthingham Forest's Elliot Anderson.

1 Old Trafford atmosphere rolls back years 

Jim Ratcliffe was present to see the best victory and performance of his two years of minority ownership. When Ratcliffe bought in, the public impression given was of a billionaire signing up to taste the magic for himself. Saturday, and beating Manchester City, was an undoubted revival act where Michael Carrick’s team played the football of yore. That will almost certainly be unsustainable in the medium term, since most opposition will not play City’s high-line, high-wire act. But in engaging their supporters with determination and aggression, United jogged memories. 

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