Arsenal capitalise on Manchester City slip-up, Manchester United's nightmare continues and Tottenham win three in a row.

There was plenty of drama across the Premier League this weekend, with the reigning champions returning to the top.

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Mikel Arteta's side beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time since 2012 in a chaotic tie won by Kai Havertz's first half goal.

That result saw the Gunners jump above Man City, who lost at home to Brighton, while Man United were beaten yet again.

After deciding to keep Michael Carrick in charge, they were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea, seeing them drop to 17th in the table.

And elsewhere at the bottom - a place that a rejuvenated Spurs have left behind - Sunderland, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace all continued their miserable starts with another defeat.

There is plenty to discuss from the weekend's football, so talkSPORT's Sam Matterface, Alex Crook and Charlie Adam have dissected the drama in the latest  podcast.

Picking out their heroes and villains, here's what they had to say...

Who are talkSPORT's Premier League Heroes?

Sam Matterface - Estevao

Estevao's future at Chelsea looked bleak heading into the Blues' clash against Man United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

He was being tipped for a transfer away from the club after manager Xabi Alonso admitted that 'he could be happier', having only played 47 minutes in the Premier League this campaign so far.

However, the Brazilian was handed his first league start against United and he showed Alonso why he needs to play more.

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"The great Este-wow," Matterface said after Estevao hugely impressed in a game that saw him have a goal disallowed.

"The 19-year-old Chelsea winger, talk all week of whether he'll ever get into the side and all of a sudden, there he is.

"He shone in a Chelsea shirt, that's what we want in the Premier League, give us more of the Estevao factor."

Charlie Adam - Roberto De Zerbi

Elsewhere in London, Spurs are back, as their revival continued under Roberto De Zerbi by beating Crystal Palace 2-0.

Tottenham looked to potentially be in for another miserable season, going winless in their first six games of the campaign.

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But they now appear to have turned a corner - and De Zerbi has been praised for the huge role he has played in his side doing so.

Adam said: "De Zerbi has to take a lot of plaudits for how he's turned this Tottenham team around.

"He's taken time, a lot of bumps in the road but I think he's starting to find his feet with this Tottenham team and you can see them shooting up this league quickly.

"That's three on the bounce, getting momentum, the players are starting to trust what he can do and this can be a start to a good season and I feel he's got them on the right path."

Alex Crook - Oli McBurnie

Hull City have only lost two of their opening nine Premier League games, smashing expectations at the start of the season.

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Their 2-2 draw with Ipswich saw them move into the top half of the top flight, with striker Oli McBurnie scoring and assisting.

"I think his is a great story," Crook said. "They wouldn't have signed him at all if he wasn't a free agent at the start of last season.

"Now he's scoring and making goals in the Premier League."

Who are talkSPORT's Premier League Villains?

Charlie Adam - Lisandro Martinez

Could Lisandro Martinez's Man United career be over?

The Argentinian defender was sent off for the Red Devils against Chelsea in an act that saw calls for him to make a public apology.

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He picked up two bookings in a matter of seconds in the 2-0 loss, with him being labelled pathetic for his actions.

Martinez's red came just a couple of weeks after he had publicly slammed the club's board for the lack of quality signings.

The centre-back spoke out to criticise the club, but since then, he has directly let them and boss Carrick down on the pitch.

Adam said on Sunday: "I think he's killed himself with his comments.

"When you make those comments, you have to back it up...and that performance yesterday did not help.

"He's had a tough couple of weeks in a Man United shirt."

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Alex Crook - Regis Le Bris

Crook also wanted to select Martinez for his horror show performance - but he picked Regis Le Bris instead.

Sunderland sit bottom of the Premier League, and after losing to Coventry, Le Bris is under huge pressure.

"That's a bad defeat at Coventry for Sunderland and I think he's struggling with that dressing room," Crook said.

The Black Cats have won just one of their opening nine games, with the success of last season quickly forgotten.

And Le Bris, whose side have conceded 17 goals already this term, could well be in trouble if he can't turn things around.

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Sam Matterface - Premier League officials

"The officials are getting it from me this week," Matterface stated.

The talkSPORT commentator and host was furious at multiple controversial decisions across the weekend's action.

Estevao had a goal disallowed at Stamford Bridge as he was ruled to be seven centimetres offside by VAR...

"I'm telling you now, Estevao's goal being chalked off for a T-shirt, you can't even score with that part of your body," Matterface said.

"What are you doing? The fact is that it's a goal. Give it to the boy and let us enjoy absolute genius."

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Then, on Sunday, Liverpool were denied a penalty despite Alexander Isak having his shirt blatantly pulled by Jurrien Timber.

"Andy Madley. How can you pull someone's shirt like that and not give a penalty? It was a big game and changed the nature of it."

That incident was later followed by Alexis Mac Allister falling to the ground after a supposed headbutt from Noni Madueke.

Mac Allister made the most of it, but on many occasions, players have seen red for any movement of the head towards an opponent.

"Consistency. Don't tell us we can't look at someone otherwise we're going to get sent off and then let someone look at someone in the eyes and do nothing about it, even when they're on a yellow card.

"Get it right, get your heads together, make the decision.

"Are you going to rule out this nonsense head-butting? Or are you going to decide that you're going to give red cards for it?

"Make your choice, stick to it, stop deviating. Not one person deciding that it's okay and another person deciding it's not. Get aligned."