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5 things we learnt in the Premier League – Matchweek 12

Blues squad so deep

(Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea — FULL MATCH REPLAY): During the weekend showdown, the blues have Romelu Lukaku at home tweeting about the game, Timo Werner on the bench, and the likes of Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic coming on, you get the sense of this Chelsea side’s strength. Not to mention Marcos Alonso, Andreas Christensen, and Cesar Azpilicueta were all on the bench at Leicester too. With their eight shutouts in 12 PL games this season they are defensively solid but the real star is the collective and how players keep stepping up when needed. infoguidenigeria

Path in place for Gerrard, Aston Villa

(Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton — FULL MATCH REPLAY): Despite being forced to fire their manager already this season, Aston Villa remains in a strong position to build for the future. The talent is there, the fit is good with the vast majority of the first-team squad, and now everyone is pulling in the same direction again.

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Rafa, Everton simply not gelling

(Man City 3-0 Everton — FULL MATCH REPLAY): It’s becoming clearer with each passing pedestrian performance that Rafa Benitez isn’t the right man for Everton’s current squad. Not only does the majority of the Toffees’ top talent lie in the attacking areas (not exactly Benitez’s style), but the squad is also quite clearly not responding to Benitez’s ideas (tactics and motivation). Jamb result

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Midfield is Spurs’ biggest problem area

(Spurs 2-1 Leeds — FULL MATCH REPLAY): As bad as the defenders have been individually for Tottenham this season, it’s the midfield that has provided the backline with undue pressure for far too long under managers who pick two and three defensive midfielders in the starting lineup.

Pieces don’t fit for Man United

(Watford 4-1 Man Utd — FULL MATCH REPLAY): We knew that Manchester United’s squad was poorly-constructed coming into the season (we knew this because they are Manchester United), but Saturday’s first half only shone a bright light on the failures of the club in recent transfer windows.

(Football.london)