The good 😀, the bad 😕 and the ugly 👹: Top of the Klopps and magic Moyes | OneFootball

The Premier League is well and truly back after an FA Cup weekend and it well and truly took our breath away.

Manchester City finally lost, West Ham managed to score four times, Arsenal found themselves upset away from home (at least something was in keeping with what we’ve come to expect).

With all that in mind, let’s tuck into the good, the bad, and the ugly.

THE GOOD ?

Best team performance: Liverpool ?

Before the weekend, Manchester City had not lost any of their last 30 Premier League games. They had conceded just 13 times in their last 22.

Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool pressed them to the point of suffocation, with an incredible run from Andrew Robertson encapsulating the approach at 4-1 up!

Despite a late scare, the Reds held on for a huge and thoroughly deserved 4-3 win.

Best player: Heung-Min Son ?

Often Tottenham’s unsung hero, the unmentioned member of the offensive quartet firing Spurs up the table, is Son.

Once again this weekend the headlines went to Harry Kane but Son – who Mauricio Pochettino was open to selling just 18 months ago – scored one, created another, and hit the woodwork.

The South Korean forward is creative, strong on both feet, and accelerates away from defenders at ease.

With six goals and four assists in the Premier League since the beginning of December he’s become undroppable.

Best goal: Manuel Lanzini ⚽

Yes, that’s right, we’ve ignored Liverpool. It’s not every day West Ham under David Moyes turn into Barcelona under Pep Guardiola. They even had a little Argentine finishing off the move. Classy stuff all round.

THE BAD ☹️

Worst team performance: Everton ?

“It was a shock second-half performance,” said manager Sam Allardyce after a 4-0 defeat to Tottenham.

“I saw some of the good signs of the players last week against Liverpool, and I saw some of the worst signs second half tonight.

“It was massively worrying in terms of how can a performance become so bad in such a short period of time.”

We don’t think we need to add anything else.

Worst player: Petr Čech ?

Čech was at fault for both Bournemouth goals as Arsenal slumped to another defeat.

The Gunners looked shaky after taking the lead at the Vitaly Stadium. It’s moments like that you need an experienced player to step up and calm everybody down.

The goalkeeper, though, sent his team-mates into panic.

It’s now five games since his last clean sheet. Who knows where the next one will come from.

Worst goal conceded: Petr Čech ?

We think we’ve said enough about Čech but just take a look at this. Seriously?

AND THE UGLY ?

The FA have launched an investigation into allegations that Jay Rodriguez racially abused Gaëten Bong during West Brom’s win on Saturday.

If this is true, it’s disgusting to see this in the game.

“I think he was upset because I blocked him in the last play,” Bong said on French TV after the game.

“After that, he said some words, some words that I would not repeat on television because this is mean and unpronounceable.

“He said racist comments and I just can’t take it.

“We’re in 2018. And we can not tolerate this. I can not tolerate this!

“I talked to the referee. He did a report. And I hope there will be some sanctions.”

We hope so too.