 Welcome to the Premier League sio. The Manchester Derby was last Sunday. We talked about it last week. Approaching it and what kind of questions it was going to throw up. And could anyone stop Ayl yn Harland? It seems Manchester United couldn't stop him either. That's no bad thing. No-one's been able to stop him so far. He's moved on to 14 goals in eight games. If he carries on at this rate, he's going to end up with 66 goals. City absolutely flying. And obviously on Sunday, him and Phil Fowden grabbing a hat rich each in a 6-3 win. Which was at one stage obviously he was 6-1 up. But it's looking ominous for everybody trying to win. And now Arsenal are still in there of course. They had it when we talked about Derby win the day before in a minute. Manchester City with him. It's going to have to go some to finish it both then this season aren't you? Yeah, it's just scary isn't it? I mean, and then we spoke about it at length. I think everybody, I don't know if there's any doubters. There might be one on the video that we're going to show you in a minute. I don't know if there's any doubters left. But he keeps on proving that he can score in from any kind of situation. He should just give Man City that little thing maybe that they've been waiting for. Just someone who can just put the ball in the back of the net whenever he wants in any given situation. He's just faster, he's just stronger, he's just more alert, he just wants to score goals. But he's a team player. I mean, he played at Kevin de Bruuness Pass for the fourth goal in this game. He looks like he doesn't have any kind of deaverish football issues. With his dad being a hard-working, graffting kind of footballer in a very weak unlike Man City team when he was growing up. He just doesn't look like he's got. I mean, to say he hasn't got any weaknesses would be wrong. But what I mean by that is, in terms of all the other stuff that goes on in football, he just looks like he knows what he wants to do, looks like he's enjoying himself. And that's worrying, that is worrying for everybody else. But listen, this is the early stages of the season. Let's wait till we get obviously into the business end of the season, where those games that Manchester City may have failed on in the last few years, same in the Champions League, start appearing. And then can he take them on to bigger riches than they haven achieved before? And that really will be the test of him on it. So it's just, I mean, it's not enjoyable for everybody. I'm enjoying watching him at the moment because it's just unbelievable. Yeah, he's absolutely brilliant and obviously he doesn't seem to have a side to him other than one that works earlier. The clip going on doesn't know if people taking off the warm-up jacket or taking off the training and just lashing it all over the place. The kick-mentor pick-up and he takes his off and walks over and hands it to them. Just things of like that, respect and that. And that this is someone who's currently probably the best player in the world, in terms of the best forward in the world right now. He's beat, he's hit the ground running. He knew he was really good. Most of us knew that he would score a lot of goals in this country without being disrespectful to others. He's also scored goals, but he's just a tremendous player. If you put a tremendous player in a team full of tremendous players, they're going to benefit more than anything. And that's what City have done. And you're right it'll, the ultimate asset test for him will be can he inspire City in the Champions League when maybe they've fallen in certain games. They've now got someone if he stays fit, who can be the match winner in that. Obviously he's raced into a four-nil lead in the first half. United responded quite well in respects that they kept going. Obviously Anthony scored a cracker, didn't he? Got a back to four-one. United come two late goals from Marcial to reduce the error to the scoreline to six-three. And lot of goals, which means that there's a lot of question marks over defenders. Already they've seen, like we've seen, Virgil van Dijk being questioned, Trent Alexander-Arnold. We've seen people having a go at sometimes a Gabrielle. Salabus don't really well have asked them, Gabrielle's been questioned, Spears have had theirs. Over on the 888 Sport, the playlist, they've been discussing who are the best centre-backs, so let's have a look at that. So who have you left off, right? To put Varan in, you've left. I left Romero off, right? Of course, of course. It's not a bias. It makes sense now, doesn't it? It's always the most bias. It's not a bias. I think Romero is good. I think he is good. Can you look at how could I... For me it was between him and Varan. Do you know what I think we're going to have to do, Rob, if you two agree with me? I think if you want Varan on the list, I'm prepared to go with it. But Romero has to be on, which means the only way you can get Varan on the list is if you sub-celebrate off it. She must be joking, mate. Had a feeling it would go that way. A feeling. How quick was that? All right, listen. I don't really want it. See you later, Varan. What goes on? So, Romero's on. The biggest takeaway for me there is that Connor Cody and Jane Sarkovsky were included. Everton do have the best Premier League defensive record in the country just right now. The Fender's centre-backs, is it a... Is it a dying art? The Fender at the moment? Is more emphasis being put back on attacking or what are we saying with some centre-backs? Obviously there's been a lot of talk as well. We've just been to United. Harry McGuire's played for England, but isn't in United side at the moment. There's been talks over that. Kyle Walker's got into the city midweek. He plays centre-back for England. It's thrown up. England's going to bring in. Where are we in your opinion with centre-backs in this country? Not just England, it's all of them. There's been a lot of talk in the last few weeks. Obviously about England and their centre-back partnerships and people have had to look at... Harry McGuire's been at a tough time. John Stones has got an injury now. Kyle Walker has been playing as one of the three centre-backs. He's a dull for the world cup. So there's lots of questions about England and about who they're going to bring in. You mentioned Connor Cody there and he is in the England squad. I'm slightly biased, but I wouldn't be dismissing him as... He's not one of these fashionable ones, but he can defend, which is the end of the job. I think in the Premier League itself, it's difficult, isn't it, because I think Waddon van Dijk still considers to be the best centre-back. But he looks a little bit offy and they're conceding goals. So he doesn't have that same aura, that invincibility around him. You see Liverpool at the weekend, obviously three-three, another three goals conceded against Brighton. That aura seems to have disappeared from him a little bit. You've got Martin, as he's just come into the Premier League, who is a good player, good defender, but obviously can he cope physically with the Premier League against people like Harlan? He's not going to be fighting on every week, so that's a bonus for him. I think what's interesting is I think you look at Arsenal centre-backs at the moment. I think they're doing really, really well. Salabet has given them an extra dimension at Arsenal. For me, he's done better than Gabriel still a little bit. He's rash, Gabriel, but I think Salabet has looked brilliant. It's interesting with him, because obviously he bought him a couple of seasons ago, and he had set a centre on loan. There's a lot of unrest amongst the Arsenal fans and he went out again last season, but he's ready now. They beat, obviously. They beat space convincingly 3-1. They defended really well themselves. Space never really got going in the game. I know they got back into it with the penalty, but Gabriel again, a rash this week. I think he looked better with Salabet next to him. The teams in the last few years, there's always a lot to say, it's not about Man City and Liverpool in the last few years, but it has been built on magnificent defensive displays. So, city for me, I've got one, if not the best, centre back in the Premier League. In Diaz. So, yeah, is it a dying heart? I don't think it's a dying heart. It just seems to me, it's a two-and-throw, as something changes with the attack inside of the game. The defenders have to respond, and then sometimes the defenders get it up a hand. Almost like trends, innit? Yeah, and that's what it is, isn't it? There's a lot of that in football. As something gets going, someone has to do something to respond to that. I've seen this load in the last few years. Look at the way Man City play, look at the way the Great Barcelona side played, Pepside, and then Real Madrid, with their counter-attack inside, went on and won. I was a five European Cups. So, there is always this in football, and I think with Harlan, it seems like a big blink and light at the moment, that the attackers are on the up, but the centre backs will get back along the way. It's just these things are always, we're always quick to point out, very quick, when someone's doing very well. But we know forever, our success so far this season, or our wins or whatever you want to call it, is based off clean sheets. So, we're going to sit in and go, well, we've got a couple of cracking runs playing for us at the moment, and they are shorting us up, so that gives us the platform. Other teams have different ways. They use their attack and force to stop. But, as a man city, you've proved, now Liverpool have proved, you've got to have good defenders, and you've got to have a good goalie. If you really want to go on and do the big things, it's not always about your attacking plays. Now, interesting, you spoke there, we'll go back to Arsenal, and you mentioned Liverpool, obviously the Zabease, the first Premier League game since taking over from Graham Potter and Brighton. You know, there was people saying Brighton could have been falling off after 20 minutes, with a lot of chances at Amfield, and not many teams go to Amfield and get three goals, troshad, with a hat-trick, but you know, fair play to Liverpool, he would tune it down, got a back to three-two, but Brighton, he were having a really good season, stuck to the task, and for them, that's a real positive, isn't it, going behind three-two with Amfield and still having the attacking prowess, if you like to come back in equalise, to get it back to three-three is a huge thing, so he'll be delighted with that point as much as Jürgen Klopp will be disappointed to drop a point at home. Brighton could have been falling off, that's where he might be disappointed, and have sort of fallen to soft goals, I'd say, because I thought Liverpool's goals were soft, especially the third one was really, really soft. Well, it's the goalie in here, he's a good goalie, he's flapped in it at one of the players he's gone in, but they'll take out that they've gone down and scored equalise at the cop end, Liverpool's still scratching their head, but why it's not quite working, and why it's not quite working, is because they don't really have a midfield, like with the energy they're used to having, which is at the air platform to build on, and I said all teams are different aren't they, and they'll be getting players back, and they'll respond. Great win for Arsenal, like you said, to blow spares away, they came out so quick out of trap for Arsenal, and Tottenham never really settled, got in front party with the cracker, Harry Kane equalised in a penalty spot, and then Gabriel Hazus, who has been fantastic. It was a bad goal, it was a poor goal, the goalkeeper, and I honestly am just not convinced. He might be the reason why spares don't win stuff, because he's a good keeper, but he makes big mistakes at times. That one straight arm, he flapped at it, he missed it in Hazus's day, that's why Arsenal have got him, and they're more about the sending off from Emerson Royal, because this is Anthony Taylor, who is refereed amazing side Derby, Amadou Omnana's challenge, sorry, Veda Van Dyck's challenge on Amadou Omnana was worse than this one in my opinion, but now I wasn't screaming and banging the thing, as to why he wasn't recorded on the day, but what it makes you frustrated is, when the same referee, referee in a Derby match again, in two weeks or three weeks after the last one, is automatically that a red card, you do kind of question and go, hang on, you're the same referee in the same kind of game, what's the difference in the challenges? And then the same people punted, so ex-referees on TV and tell you that this one's a red and that one's not a red and all this, and it just makes a mockery of the whole thing, it really does, makes a mockery of refereeing and consistency then. And allows people to talk about conspiracies, and only the big teams get the decisions and stuff. It was nonsense, but great when for Arsenal space, back to the drawing board, but they've got to be shut, obviously they went into it, when they were with Frank Fertinil, when they were with Brent Fertru, when they were with Crystal Palace 1, Chelsea 2, Connaig Allaghert, Remindon Palace, what a good player he is with it. Good change around this, wasn't it really? It was really good, on a barmyang obviously with the goal. Barmyang was a great goal, maybe show them the difference, what they've been making up front, and it's a great goal. It's a great word, it's good to go goal to Palace. He did proper Connaig Allaghert goal though, last minute, toppings, out of the street, a good win for them, a good win, and back that up with the Champions League win as well, and I'll tell you what, Porta looks like he is auditioning for either Bond or the Miltsray Man. I've never seen a change that in the space of a couple of years. He's gone, you used to look like one of the twins out of Harry Potter. Now. He was quite nerdy money. Now he looks like James Bond. He's done well. He's done well. All right, designer stubble, at the head cut, looks beautiful. Fair play to him. I like that good change around. He's doing well. Newcastle went to Fulham and spanked him by four goals to one. Obviously Fulham reduced to ten and inside eight minutes. Shalabau with, yeah, silly tackle therey. Didn't give themselves a chance. They're doing, Calum once, Calum Wilson scored, Almorran scored a cracker. Cracking goal and then followed it up with another one. He doesn't score a lot of goals, but come on with two. Good win. Sean Longstaff and Bobby code over read with a league goal for Fulham. Everton went to Southampton and won two one and away went back to back wins for Everton. Brilliant. In the Premier League, big win for Everton, Southampton and Hassan Hutw. Under a little bit of pressure, just, not necessarily because, from an outsider looking in, you know, Southampton, at the foot of the time and all that, cos they're not still in touch with every other hand, but I just think there's a little bit of unrest there. Change stuff, shine some of the players don't like him and all that. Don't know, but they go to Manchester City at the weekend, so to tough one. The R5 show Westam beat Wolves 2, Nils Samacher, who were the goal and Jarrod Bowen, who was always going to come back to, back to form and it resulted in Bruno Large losing his job. Yeah, strange one, isn't it? Obviously back them and then, things like letting Connor Cody go in the summer and, but he ended up with, you know, midfielders playing centre back and, just straight up from money as well. Spending a lot of money, spending a lot of money on answering. Yeah, so strange one. You know, I think, I think different situations though, I think, you know, you've got to look at situations that I've left them with, you know, as I said, Connor Cody going, but also putting them in cells in a situation where you have to bring Diego Costering. That to me, you know, we've been bound all summer about our centre forward options. They've left themselves in that situation and I think, but I don't know who's felt that, I don't know whether that's like the recruitment scene, director of football, or it comes down to the manager, but they decided they want to move on from them, you know, just after, just over a season and the rumours is they're bringing in, trying to bring in the guy from Seville who's just been sacked, which is amazing, but yeah. That's what happens though, doesn't it? For them, they had last season a season of knock and see the many in nicking games and now they've stopped, you know, they can't keep a clean sheet and they can't score goals, so, it's not great. No, it isn't good at all. Leeds in Villar drew 0-0 on Sunday, sy'n ystyried a centre off after 48 minutes result and they asked in Villar having 19 attempts at goal but unable to score. Leeds just 6. And then Jesse Marsh came out and said he was sick of teams coming and slowing the game down someone had to do something with Barry even though he had the player centre off for standing in front of a quick free kick which is baffling, isn't it? Needs help dealing with someone with a cattle prod you know what you want. And the goalkeeper was wasting time to get the point. And after he played us when he first came out with this it was proved that. The ball was in play more than any other game. He's had a bit of a mess. He's had a mess. They're too tight. He's having a problem. He's under pressure. And then finally Leicester City got their first win of the season on Monday night. It's a pile of pressure on Steve Cooper. Rumors he was about to be sacked. He's now just signed a new contract. That really doesn't mean anything cos I think if Forrest continues to lose he'll be sacked anyway. Surely it must mean something now. It must mean something. Mate any honest to God. It's a good decision. With a link with him on Wednesday. He was the favourite for the Southampton job while Ralf Hasson-Hull is still in the Southampton job. Why would you give someone a contract which means you'll get a bigger pay off if you're not going to sack? I hope they stick with him for the simple reason that. It's about time some of these clubs who get promoted just say to the manager you brought them up. You got us up mate. You deserve to manage this football. How many teams come up? Start Paulie. Sack the manager, he got them up. Paulie, did he sign him as well? Well he signed everyone else. And then end up being relegated anyway. I get the feeling that I get the feeling that he's on half of these players and this just a recruitment team and other people at the club have gone you need all new players. I don't think they're all these players. I think you've walked in and gone you both are these. What do you want me to do? And that's why he hasn't been sacked personally because I just don't think you can work with I don't think he wanted all those players because I don't think managers do one place that many players and one goal. What can you do with 22 players? Not even the best manager in the world couldn't do stuff with 22 players. You just can't because how do you ever know what your best 11 is? You've got 22 new players. You can't. Everything in poor sign is like Jesse Ling and 200 grand a week. Is he who you need when you're in a relegation battle? No, he's a good footballer but he's exactly what you need and he's got too many of them and it's going to be a long season for them because they haven't got goals. But for Leicester Madison on it again and a lot of people are saying why isn't he in England squad because his numbers are brilliant the form of his career and he hasn't had a look in and he does make you wonder, doesn't he? James Madison has got a lot of talent. He's not a very hard working footballer. There's too many games passion by. Now I haven't seen a lot of him this season other than Anodath. Everything Leicester do positively he's behind it. So he's obviously having a really good season which is ironic because Leicester have been terrible. Six defeats in eight games on the first win of the season but everything they do at the top end of the pitch he's behind so we should be definitely looked at by Garrett Selfgate. They're the players you look at for something like the Whale Cup where all of a sudden these lad to it in the ground running and you could actually be an X factor for England because he's... I like plays like this. It's not more like Gareth Gates. Maybe Gareth Gates come in advice and just get the ball out of the feet and put it in the top corner which is what Madison can do. Do England have that? Who do you've got right now? I love plays like Mason Mont he's a really good player and we've got other ones but someone like Madison is like this one. You do need a couple of off the cuffs and I think that's what Grealish has looked at but then the way... I don't want to go into the England stuff but it is weird. But it's a great win for Leicester obviously off the bottom for us. Bottom still only both won a game each big games this weekend they've both gone after follow-up with positive results at the because otherwise it just becomes one a one-off game but Leicester go to Bournemouth Chelsea Wolves cost us a 10 through Stamford Bridge would be interesting. City Southampton. They obviously drew this weekend by the way could you forgot that one? I forgot. It was also Leif forgettable Brentford. I did mention Leilander did you? I've even forgotten that I mentioned that and literally said before Brentford and Bournemouth you said it so quick. You said it so quick that I had instantly forgotten about it because it was an instantly forgettable game. Bournemouth I keep clean sheet. Gary O'n Neill's got them organiser doesn't he? You didn't see what happens with them because there's going to be a take over. It looks like so yeah. I haven't shown you in the England squad then there's not started scoring goals so that's all good. You didn't get a kick for England did you? Can Eiland Harland get another hat-trick and score four hat-tricks on the run at home? Why not? Why not the playing Southampton? Newcastle always seem to be at home. They've got Brentford at home. Tony's returned to St James's Park of course. Brighton Spare's to have five on Saturday's a good game. Being interested in getting Conti neither they neither win. They're just a bounce back. He's had a little bit of stick which is weird for being too negative in his play but Spare's are doing really well for him. Then on to Sunday Palace Leeds tough game for Leeds there Palace Sunday Vieira. Westam Fulham. Great chance for Westam to get back to back wins Arsenal Liverpool. He's a R4 which is a big big game certainly well Arsenal flying high at the top. Liverpool already had 11 points behind so Arsenal could put them big one. Manchester United that's seven o'clock what a ridiculous time for the game. And then Monday night the last game of the weekend Forest vs Villa huge huge game. Stevie J goes and gets the result there. Big week of football ahead. Check out 888 Sport the playlist. See you'll have to come up with the best defenders if you never saw me getting there and tell them who it is. Give the YouTube channel a subscribe. Leave a comment if you liked the video as well. We have done it already. Thanks for watching.