Shocking mistakes, late drama and another Premier League hat-trick for a certain striker.
It was yet another action-packed Saturday of top-flight football which saw 20 goals scored across seven matches.
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In the early kick-off, Brighton striker Joao Pedro popped up in the fifth minute of stoppage time to break Manchester United hearts in a 2-1 victory.
Elsewhere, Arsenal won 2-0 away at Aston Villa, West Ham overcame London rivals Crystal Palace, Nottingham Ham beat Southampton at St Mary’s and Fulham emerged victorious over Leicester.
Meanwhile Erling Haaland popped up with his seventh Premier League hat-trick to inspire Manchester City to a 4-1 comeback win over Ipswich.
And unfortunately for Everton, they were once again hammered, this time against Tottenham in a 4-0 loss in north London.
Here talkSPORT duo Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy reveal their winners and losers from Saturday’s action on the Game-Day Phone-In…
Winners
Joao Pedro
The Brazilian forward headed home against the Red Devils to see new Seagulls boss Fabian Hurzeler win his first game at the Amex Stadium.
And the south coast side will now go into next week’s clash away at Arsenal full of confidence as they look to make it three league wins on the bounce.
Speaking of Brighton’s win, Cundy said: “Joao Pedro, the winning goal for Brighton at the far-stick, he’s got to be there.
“To win the game for Brighton and take it away from Man United, he’s in there.
“And Hurzeler, what a start he’s had, congratulations to him.”
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Erling Haaland
The Norwegian striker created more Premier League history on Saturday with the 24-year-old now scoring at least one goal against all 23 top-flight sides he has faced.
It was Ipswich who took a shock lead at the Etihad through Sammie Szmodics, only for Haaland to equalise five minutes later, before adding a further two strikes.
He now has four Premier League goals already this term, and is just six strikes shy of 100 in all competitions for the Citizens.
Speaking of the player, O’Hara stated: “Haaland has got to go in there, a hat-trick.”
Cundy agreed, simply saying: “Put him in.”
Julen Lopetegui
West Ham got their first points under new boss Julen Lopetegui thanks to a classy performance at Selhurst Park – just a week after their heartbreaking home defeat to Villa.
While O’Hara wanted Regis Le Bris as a winner having guided Sunderland to three consecutive Championship wins, which saw the Black Cats beat promotion-chasing Burnley at the Stadium of Light, Cundy disagreed.
And he stressed that Spanish boss Lopetegui had to be classified as one of the winners.
He remarked: “He picked up his first win, it was a disappointing result against Villa last week.
“It was a good win [vs Palace], and Palace by the way, it’s not a great start from [Oliver] Glasner.”
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Losers
Arijanet Muric/Jordan Pickford
While Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya may have starred between the sticks at Villa Park, Ipswich goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Everton shot-stopper Jordan Pickford were guilty of horror gaffes.
Muric gifted City two goals as a result of his poor decision making, leading to Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland to tap into empty nets.
Meanwhile Pickford was pickpocketed by Tottenham skipper Heung-min Son, who capitalised on the England international’s poor touch to double Spurs’ lead.
Their errors led Cundy to say: “I’m putting in both Muric and Pickford in their as a lump sum.
“Both of them got robbed in their own box of the ball, that can’t happen! If there’s nothing on, don’t have another touch.
“For anyone that has not seen this, Pickford has had a touch with his feet, and Son, we know he’s rapid, but once he got motoring, Pickford couldn’t move. It was terrible.”
O’Hara then stated: “It’s a shocker, an absolute shocker.”
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Erik ten Hag
After being given another chance by United chiefs having won the FA Cup last season, Ten Hag would have known all eyes would be on him this campaign.
A gritty victory over Fulham last week failed to convince his haters, with Brighton now putting the pressure back on the Dutchman.
O’Hara said: “I’m going to put Ten Hag in there. Ten Hag is a big loser today.”
Cundy then remarked: “That’s a stinker of a result, they weren’t great United, they might have nicked it if not for the offside [Joshua Zirkzee disallowed goal], but it was offside.”
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Everton
Things continue to get worse for Everton, who are now rooted to the bottom of the table having shipped in seven goals in two matches.
After surviving the drop in each of the last three seasons, this could be the campaign that they finally depart the Premier League.
O’Hara said of the Merseyside outfit: “Dyche is having a tough time. The whole of Everton Football Club has got to go in I think.”
Cundy added: “Can we lump them in? Shall we just put Goodison in there, Dyche, everyone.
“If you’re a Toffee, you’re in there. They’ve had a terrible start.”
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