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We could have picked out many observations across all teams - but here are five that caught our eye in particular at the weekend.
Arne Slot's Liverpool have brought in attacking reinforcements but the balance of their side looks off.
This is more dangerous than losing the ball in the wide areas as attackers are closer to goal, in better shooting positions.
Although Slot focuses mainly on the sloppy passing and dispossessions in midfield, it is objectively true that Liverpool committed many bodies to their attack.
At times, there were seven or eight players in and around Bournemouth's box, leaving Liverpool with very few players back to defend.
For Antoine Semenyo's second goal, both Joe Gomez and Andy Robertson were attacking in the opposition's box so were unable to get back to defend the counter-attack when the ball was lost.
Yes, decision-making and passing quality needs to be better but Slot may need to tweak the positions of the full-backs or central midfielders when Liverpool are attacking for additional protection against dangerous counter-attacking sides.
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Many people consider Man City as outsiders in the title race – only five of our 33 pundits predict them lifting the trophy in May – but their impressive 4-0 win at Wolves means that they've now taken 43 points from their 20 games in 2025 - more than any other side.
Rodri's season-ending injury last September clearly derailed their Premier League campaign but rather than simply awaiting his return, Pep Guardiola has found a solution without him and the former champions have been getting back on track since the start of the year.
Below is Man City's 'non-penalty expected goal difference per game' (that's a mouthful) since the start of last season, which tells us how much a team dominates their games by creating lots of good chances and limiting their opponents to few, bad ones.
It's the X-ray stat, the one that shows how good teams are before hot finishing streaks and the rub of the green come into play.
As we can see, Man City are now almost dominating games to the level they were before the Ballon d'Or winner's injury.
Anyone writing them off does so at their peril.
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It's fair to say that Graham Potter has not had the impact many expected when he replaced Julen Lopetegui as West Ham manager in January, with the 3-0 defeat by Sunderland on Saturday their ninth defeat in 19 Premier League games under him.
In fact, he now needs to orchestrate a win over his former club Chelsea at home on Friday night simply to match Lopetegui's Premier League record before he was sacked after 20 games in charge.
Potter has noticeably improved the defence that he inherited, with the Hammers conceding 13 fewer goals and 69 fewer shots than they did under the Spaniard (although those stats will be slightly worse after the Chelsea game).
However, that defensive improvement has come at a significant cost to the attack.
Across this season, they will certainly continue to experiment with their kick-off routines.
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Mikel Arteta's Arsenal have taken an alternative approach to their recent summer transfer business.
How Arsenal balance their slower possession style with this newer, transitional quality will be an important thread to their season.
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