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Sadio Mane is the Premier League’s biggest difference-maker

The Senegalese took a break from sticking the ball in the top corner to stick his boot into Ederson’s chin.

Despite being a goal behind at the time, Liverpool had actually been the better team until Mane’s red card.

He just can’t help but change the game.

Benjamin Mendy on Twitter > Benjamin Mendy on the pitch

Which is saying something, considering how brilliant he’s been for City this season.

It’s nice to see a footballer breaking away from the banality of PR-run social media and actually injecting some personality.

We look forward to him tearing it all down when he takes the banter just too far.

Stoke away is a horrible game again

Long throws and leg breakers are a thing of the past, but Arsenal and now Manchester United have learned that the Britannia B***5 Stadium is still a Tough Place To Go.

Sunday League Moment of the Week goes to...

The ball at the Emirates, which popped in Asmir Begovic's hand after an Alexandre Lacazette shot.

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The Doucoure secret’s out

Watford have known how good he is since April, but somehow managed to keep a technical, rangy, physical centre-midfielder under wraps.

Turns out, all had to do to get noticed was score a decent goal.

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Burnley are still formidable at home

Providing their opponents gift them a goal and miss a few absolute sitters.

Scott Dann must really love Roy Hodgson

A missed header from two yards out was the line between Frank de Boer keeping his job and losing it.

At least now Dann can work under the manager who never picked him for England.

Harry Kane’s luck has (finally) turned

After spending August clanging shots off the woodwork, some good fortune got Spurs’ frontman off the mark in September.

The man whose delivery was supposedly so good that it saw him put on corner duty for England mishit a cross so badly that it actually went in.

Maybe there was a method to Roy Hodgson’s madness.

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Renato Sanches is rubbish

The excitement of signing a guy who was worth €35m (plus a shitload of add-ons) a year ago evaporated when Swansea supporters realised he can’t complete a five-yard pass.

A season spent sitting on Bayern’s bench clearly wasn’t great preparation for the Premier League for last year’s Golden Boy.

Everton had a bad summer

Surprise, surprise – building your team around three No. 10s with no pace isn’t much of a strategy.

Failing to adequately replace Romelu Lukaku has undermined all of the Toffees’ good work in the transfer market.

Bournemouth will never learn to defend

After spending the entire international break focusing on how to keep Arsenal out, Eddie Howe’s side gave the supposedly in-crisis Gunners their easiest game in years.

Eddie Howe’s lucky he’s got a few years of goodwill under his belt, or he might have been De Boer’d by now.