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Premier League Talking Points: Solskjær saved, Fernandes firing, Chelsea maturity and Everton slipping
Gareth Jones picks out the major talking points and punting pointers from the latest Premier League action.
Streaky Solskjaer
No one will have a bigger smile on their face this weekend than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. A 3-1 victory at a blunt, lacklustre Everton will not silence the critics or reduce the looming Mauricio Pochettino shadow that seems to follow him everywhere. However it will reduce both somewhat and mean there will be no P45 during this international break.
The Norwegian went into the game at Goodison the 4/7 favourite to be the first top-flight boss to be dismissed, but thanks mainly to Bruno Fernandes he will live to fight another day. Or, looking at their upcoming fixtures, potentially for a good few more months at least.
Firstly, United have actually started this season better than last. They registered nine points from seven games in 2019/20, they now have 10 at the same game mark this term.
Last season, they eventually took a top four place despite their 'poor start' and with this campaign even more inconsistent, unpredictable and, let's face it, poorer, Solskjaer knows a quick charge up the table is very achievable. After-all, they are only six points behind fourth-place Southampton and have a game in-hand.
Then consider this, Ole has proved to be a very streaky manager in his time at Old Trafford. He won 12 of his first 13 matches as United boss, but he finished that season with eight defeats in their final 12.
Last term they suffered just two defeats in their final 25 matches to snatch a Champions League spot on the final day, while they suffered just one defeat in eight before collapsing against Arsenal and Leipzig recently.
Now think about this, next up for the 13-time Premier League champions are West Brom and Istanbul Basaksehir at Old Trafford, both should be home wins. This sets them up for a run against Southampton and West Ham away, before a derby with Man City, struggling Sheffield United and now inconsistent Leeds.
Having won seven straight away league games, this feels a spell where United will be expecting to win the majority of those matches that would put them in or around the top four. It also feels a run that could go disastrously wrong for Solskjaer and move him closer to that exit door, especially if they also fail against PSG and Leipzig in the Champions League in that same period.
This will be a defining period for Solskjaer, Pochettino and United's future direction.
How Liverpool continue to adapt
No title races will be decided by what happened at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Of course, that was always likely to be the case, even if one of Manchester City or Liverpool had claimed all three points.
The unique circumstances of 2020 have added a layer of volatility to this season, making predictions at this early stage almost impossible.
And yet a victory for either side would have set the tone for the rest of the campaign. A City win in particular would have anointed Pep Guardiola’s side primary challengers to Liverpool’s Premier League dominance. A Liverpool win would have highlighted the gulf that still exists between the two rivals.
There was still enough in what unfolded for Jurgen Klopp to be the happier of the two managers, though.
Read Graham Ruthven's analysis in full
Fernandes loves an away day
There will not be a United fan that does not love Bruno Fernandes. Not just did his January arrival inspire United's late upsurge in form to take a Champions League place last term. But now he seems almost single-handedly winning United's points and keeping Solskjaer in a job.
At a time when former players are criticising the current crop for a lack of leadership, character and bottle, the Portugal international is the man that is standing up to be counted. His brace against Everton saved United from another demoralising defeat, while his unselfish pass to Edinson Cavani allowed the striker his first goal for the club.
It showed Fernandes' awareness of a lack of confidence in the rest of his team, understanding Cavani scoring was better for his team than himself completing a hat-trick.
So I'm not telling you anything you don't already know by saying when Fernandes ticks, so do United. Stop him and Solskjaer's men struggle.
So I'll try and enlighten you with other angles - away performances and shots.
The Portuguese has 10 goals in 10 away games in the league. After the international break Southampton and West Ham will be United's next on the road fixtures. Two tough trips, where Fernandes will be expected to drive his side forward again, so expect him to keep getting in those scoring positions with late runs into the box as he did at Goodison.
Before that consider that 13 of his 20 Premier League shots have come from outside the box, seven of nine in the Champions League and also 10 of 14 for Portugal in the Nations League.
While all five of his goals have actually come within the 18 yard-box, he seems due a strike from further out sooner rather than later. So it will be worth a look at Fernandes' odds to score from outside the area in the next few matches.
Chelsea's growing maturity
Saturday July 11 - Chelsea 0-3 Sheffield United; Saturday November 7 - Chelsea 4-1 Sheffield United.
Just 11 Premier League games between those two results but the difference in Chelsea's mental state, maturity, patience and confidence are light years apart, despite starting only one player over 30 this time around!
In July the South Yorkshire's club's bite and confidence unsettled Frank Lampard's young and developing side - they collapsed. Three Chelsea mistakes and three Blades goals - it could have been more, while at the other end the home outfit crumbed, showing no idea or fight to get back into the contest.
Fast forward to this Saturday and the same will have been feared after David McGoldrick took advantage of more slack defending to put Chris Wilder's men ahead again in the Capital.
But this time Chelsea did not panic or falter. They continued to play positively and confidently. They stuck to their plan and, while not perfect at the back, you felt they knew they would still win the game.
The comeback and their subsequent control of the match demonstrated their newly, and quickly, gained maturity, no doubt helped by the confidence and experience of being unbeaten in 10 and winning the last three coming into this one.
They just look like they know what they are doing now - which sounds obvious to say, but Lampard has often been accused of not knowing his best XI or implementing clear tactics. Chelsea have never doubted they will score, but previously scoring after leaking the first goal was an issue - not anymore.
The same could be said with holding on to narrow leads - again this seems to have been solved, as they denied Sheffield United a single shot in the second half.
They just completely controlled the pace and flow of the second half. They didn't drop back and nervously try and defend a lead, nor did they go gung-ho trying to score with every move. They just held possession - 71% overall - and picked their moments to go up the gears and seal the three points.
One goal conceded in six in all competitions shows how their belief and structures have grown at the back. When you believe you won't conceded and, more significantly, your opposition don't believe they will score your job becomes that much easier.
What makes this more remarkable is that just one of their starting XI was over the age of 30 - Thiago Silva at 36. Next was World Cup winner N'Golo Kante at 29.
But look deeper and you can see why Chelsea all of a sudden look more grownup and like chiselled seasoned-pros.
Mateo Kovacic is only 26 but has been playing first team - and Champions League - football since 2011. Timo Werner is already into his eighth campaign despite being only 24. 26-year-old Kurt Zouma is competing in his 10 season.
Ben Chilwell might only be into his fifth top-flight campaign, but he'd already experienced Champions League action and been part of a Premier League winning squad - although he didn't actual make a first team appearance for Leicester that season - before moving to Stamford Bridge.
With Newcastle, Tottenham, Leeds, Everton, Wolves and West Ham next - Chelsea's title challenge should not fade any time soon.
Everton falling to their level
Three defeats in a row would make it easy to start claiming a mini crisis at Everton and gloating shouts from the red side of the Mersey that 'they've been found out'. I don't think Everton are collapsing after such a strong start, just starting to slot into their deserved form.
After winning their opening eight matches in all competitions and topping the Premier League in the last international break it seemed Carlo Ancelotti was finally fulfilling the potential of this sleeping giant after years of big spending and big failure.
But the stats show they were over performing and injuries and suspensions have hastened their quick slip back to their true level. Going into the United game their expected xG was 1.77 per match, but their actual was an impressive 2.14, while at Goodison Park the overachievement was even more significant with expected of 2.3 versus a whopping actual of 3.7.
From a match xG of 2.38 at Palace, 1.89 against Brighton and 3.77 versus West Brom, they've now dropped to 0.34 at Southampton, 1.37 away to Newcastle and now just 0.49 in their defeat to United. They have totally stopped creating and it is killing them.
At home, against a struggling United, who can't defend, played away in Europe on Wednesday night and with an under pressure manager, Everton should have been on the attacking front foot from minute one, especially when you remember a win put them back top.
Instead they sat deep, allowed United the time and possession to play and push up on them. When they did have the ball they just fired direct balls up to an isolated Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Okay, this worked for their opening goal, but for the remainder of the contest the England man was all alone and cut a frustrated figure, even though James Rodríguez was back in the starting line-up.
It is no better at the other end. They've not kept a clean sheet since their 3-0 win over Sky Bet League Two side Salford in the League Cup - that was game two of the season!
They've conceded at least two in each of their last five games and while Mason Holgate's return from injury might sure them up, the fact is that while they continue to remain so leaky at the back they will continue to lose against the better attacking sides in the division.
That might not be Fulham, next up after the international break, but is in the case of Leeds, Chelsea, Leicester and Arsenal who form four of Everton's next six games.
Ancelotti's men have allowed 23 shots on target on their goal in the last five games and the likes of Bamford, Werner, Vardy and Aubameyang will be licking their lips to face that crumbling Everton backline.
Get on early goals with Palace
Crystal Palace recorded just their second home win of the season as they defeated stuttering Leeds 4-1, with a little help from VAR.
What has caught my eye with Roy Hodgson's men is the amount of early goals in games they are involved in, whether they come from themselves or their opponents.
According to Infogol the average time of the first goal in a Palace match is 17 minutes. When at Selhurst Park that comes even earlier at 13 minutes and 20 when on the road.
Against Leeds Scott Dann opened the scoring on 12, before Patrick Bamford had a goal wrongly ruled out by VAR on 17, then Eberechi Eze made it 2-0 on 22.
Last time out at Wolves Rayan Ait Nouri grabbed the opener on 18, while Jairo Riedewald gave Palace the lead at Fulham on eight minutes.
At home to Everton Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored after 10, and on the opening day against Southampton Wilfried Zaha struck on 13 minutes.
Burnley away is next up and they did concede a Danny Ings strike after five minutes earlier in the season at home to Southampton. But on the whole Sean Dyche's side are very tight at Turf Moor, with goals coming against much later.
So hold out on that contest and instead take a look at goals to come between 10.00-19.59 against a much more porous Newcastle - who conceded after seven minutes at Southampton on Friday night and after five at Newport in September - and West Brom in the following two fixtures.