Steve Cooper finally delivers, Mateo Kovacic steps up as Gary O'Neil launches another 'stinker' – talkSPORT winners and losers
Saturday's Premier League action saw goals, goals, goals and some pretty memorable moments on the pitch.
Bukayo Saka was the star of the show as Arsenal showed their title credentials by coming back from 1-0 down to claim a 3-1 victory over Southampton to ensure they kept pace with those before them.
Liverpool set the tone for the weekend with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at the lunchtime kick-off, although they did Loses Alisson Becker due to a worrying injury – before Man City won 3-2 at home Fulham thanks to two goals from Matthew Kovacic and a wonder of Jeremy Doku.
Perhaps even more memorable, however, was an epic foot race between two of the Premier League's fastest stars in Kyle Walker and Adama Traoré which ended with a clear winner.
Elsewhere Brentford won an eight-goal thriller with Wolves pressing Gary O'Neil while Leicester picked up a much-needed victory over Bournemouth.
Then there was West Ham, who got going with a 4-1 win over the newly promoted side. ipswich town.
The last meeting between Everton and Newcastle may have finished goalless, but there was no shortage of drama with Antonio Gordon missing a penalty against Gladys Street End.
While fans were delighted to see the star fail after his controversial move, no one was happier than Abdoulaye Doucoure, who channeled his inner Martin Keown berating the Newcastle star.
There was a lot to get stuck into, so here they are Jamie O'Hara and Jason CundyWinners and losers of the weekend.
Winners
Wayne Rooney
Plymouth earned a last-gasp win over Blackburn to move into a secure mid-table position after a dominant display at Home Park.
Cundy said: “He has had a difficult start to his life in Plymouth.
“We know what happened in the Derby and today they got a late winner and managed to get the three points over Blackburn, which is a great result.
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“Now they are 14th And just five points off the play-offs, so it gets my approval. Although he received a red card!
That expulsion came for a furious reaction the referee did not award his team a free kick in the build-up to Joe Rankin-Costello's equalizer in the 87th minute.
Luckily for him, the guys at talkSPORT saw the positives of the day in the South West!
Matthew Kovacic
Rodri WHO?
He city of manchester star scored twice to help pep guardiola'sa 3-2 win over Fulham, meaning the Premier League champions won't be too worried about the Spaniard's season-ending injury.
Cundy said: “He scored two great goals today: he got the equalizer and then made it 2-1 up.
“Kova never scores goals but today he scored two! Never scored for Chelsea but when he does it's a scream and today he has a brace.
“With Rodri absent, obviously Rodri has scored great goals, but that is a position where Kovacic will probably have that responsibility.
“He is an important player and has played for real Madrid and Chelsea and then Kova comes in.”
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Steve Cooper
It may have been a poor start to the season, but Cooper inspired Leicester to a crucial 1-0 victory over Bournemouth, a victory that will do wonders for his team's confidence as they fight to avoid relegation.
Cundy said: “A first win and the first win for a team that was promoted last season with Southampton and Ipswich still waiting.
“It may not have been pretty, but who cares? They got three points and, for that, we congratulate them for reaching the dizzying height of 15.th.
“They are just one point behind Man United who play Villa tomorrow!”
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Losers
Rob Edwards
From Luton's savior to Hatter's potential downfall, Edwards' side suffered their fifth Championship defeat of the season on Saturday.
A 2-0 defeat in Sheffield United It leaves them 21st in the table, with the club embroiled in a relegation battle rather than another promotion attempt.
Fearing the worst for the 41-year-old, Cundy said: “You can't be in the Premier League last season, get relegated and fight relegation next season.
“That can't happen. You've seen Leicester rise, you see other teams fall and rise again.”
O'Hara simply said, “It's getting a bad smell.”
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Gary O'Neil
There are few teams that score three goals away from home and leave without a point.
But luck is not on Wolves' side at the moment as the Midlands side lost 5-3 against Brentford, their sixth defeat in seven top-flight games.
Sitting at the bottom of the table, the Wolves hierarchy could soon be forced to make a decision on O'Neil.
Cundy said: “You can't keep losing games, be bottom of the table and say you should keep your place. We've talked about it, they've got Manchester City at home after the international break, they probably will.” lose that.
“They have Brighton away, a difficult game, after that they have some very winnable games, and if they don't start to get some points…
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“At Crystal Palace at home on November 2, then at Southampton the following weekend, we have to take six points out of six there, no less.
“If he loses one of those games, you start to fear for his future.”
Yukinari Sugawara
The Southampton right-back at one point would have thought a famous result was on the cards when his team took the lead on Arsenal thanks to Cameron Archer's 55th-minute goal.
But in the end they suffered a 3-1 defeat at the Emirates, and Sugawara could not keep up. Gabriel MartinelliRun towards the far post, which put the Gunners ahead.
And it was then his poor touch in the penalty area in the final minutes that allowed Bukayo Saka to secure victory for the title contenders.
Cundy said of the Japan international's performance: “This is the problem he has, he thinks he's alone in the box, it's a touch off his feet.
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“Then you look up and the first thing you notice is that Saka is at the end – it's a terrible defence.
“As soon as you do that in your box, when you give it away, it's fatal.”
Meanwhile, O'Hara joked: “It was like Cundy played at centre-half.”
