It was a festival of football in the English Premiership yesterday as four very enthralling games took place with lots of talking points. We saw Tottenham struggle to a win over Crystal Palace, while Everton made a fighting comeback from two goals down to defeat Watford. However, the biggest games of the day happened in London and Manchester as Chelsea defeated Mournho and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, while Manchester City outclassed Arsenal at the Etihad. Here are six things we learned from both heavyweight clashes.

David Silva and Kevin de Bruyne are wizards

Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva are truly beautiful footballers to watch. Their blend of control and creativity at the heart of the midfield, both playing with equal balance of game-controlling passing, and piercing, pressure-inducing play, is orgasmic. They dance their way in and out of pockets of space, drifting in between the cracks of the game, interplaying with one another, effortlessly changing the angle of attack, always moving the opposition defenders, pulling and pushing them out of position with deadly frequency and running them in circles. They make ‘The Beautiful Game’ beautiful and pleasing to the eye with all that aesthetics. They carved Arsenal open repeatedly, were always on the move, consistently finding space in and around Granit Xhaka, receiving the ball on the half-turn and pinging the ball in and out of the midfield third with great pace and precision. The spaces that they opened up were vast and advanced. Arsenal could, simply, not contain. They were just too much to handle for the gunners and were hugely instrumental in getting all three points for City.

Kante in Chelsea’s most important player

The month of October wasn’t favourable for Chelsea as they were without N’Golo Kante. In the six games they played without him last month, they only kept one clean sheet. Kante returned from a hamstring injury yesterday and dominated the midfield. The diminutive French international was everywhere, snapping at the heels of Lukaku and Rashford whenever they dropped back and stepping into defensive gaps when Gary Cahill or Azpilicueta surged forward. He also kept Nemanja Matic, who has been a pivotal figure for United since he transfer from Chelsea, quiet as the combative Frenchman dominated in midfield. Chelsea are a completely different team with Kante in midfield and their defensive solidity is down to him. No one player makes a team but one player can make a heck of a difference and that player is N’golo Kante.

Arsenal should let go of Mesut Ozil

It would have been very painful for Arsenal fans to have watched Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva work their magic, while their own ‘magician’ was only able to perform his most famous trick, disappearing. Mesut Ozil was on the periphery of the match, only showing his quality in fleeting glimpses and when Arsenal needed him most, he was nowhere to be seen. That has been the criticism leveled at the German for many years and he still does not do nearly enough to shut the critics down and impress himself on the big games, especially away from home. When he does receive possession, it is often deep in his own half, a long way from offering any threat, and under immediate pressure from an opponent. These games do not suit Ozil. He does not like them; he does not command them. Against City, he went missing again. Perhaps the time to let him move on has come.....

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