Record-breaking Jorginho has his limitations, Petr Cech earns Unai Emery's first clean sheet and Erik Lamela is in form - 10 THINGS WE LEARNED from Premier League

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The Premier League threw up plenty of the usual talking points and drama over the weekend.

Chelsea and Manchester United were both held to draws, Manchester City and Liverpool won convincingly and Leicester continue to impress.  

Here, AMITAI WINEHOUSE assesses 10 things we learned from the sixth weekend of the Premier League season.

1. Jorginho set a Premier League passes completed record against West Ham and – frankly – exposed why stats like that, taken in isolation, are not in the slightest bit valuable. 

He was not the only underperformer on the day at the London Stadium – the entire midfield struggled – but having him break the record since 2003-04 with 180 passes in the game highlights the occasional flaw in his style.

Against teams that Chelsea cannot break down, the lack of penetration and forward thinking in his range means he might end up being less useful, on occasion, than someone like Cesc Fabregas. And he forces N’Golo Kante further up the pitch, which might hinder him as a player.

Chelsea's Jorginho showed on Sunday why pass completion stats are not a perfect science

2. Wolves are not the usual newly promoted side, but Manchester United’s draw against them on Saturday spoke for a growing problem under Jose Mourinho. Manchester United have dropped six points from seven Premier League games at Old Trafford against newly-promoted opposition during his tenure.

That speaks for a team without fluency, one that struggles to break down teams and without the attacking nous to exploit any weaknesses in teams that should, inherently, be weaker.

Mourinho does not believe attacking movements should be rehearsed, which contrasts with most modern managers. That lack of notion of what to do in forward areas is costing his side.

3. Jurgen Klopp was limited by his squad last season. That much was clear in the Champions League final, when he had to replace the injured Mohamed Salah with Adam Lallana.

But on Saturday he demonstrated his squad strength. Out went Joe Gomez, James Milner and Naby Keita, three key players this season, each handed a rest. In came Joel Matip and Xherdan Shaqiri, who each had a big hand to play in goals.

Jordan Henderson also got a rare start in the Premier League. When last season’s captain is an option rather than the only one, it says a lot for the players at your disposal.

Jurgen Klopp is in a healthy position where he can afford to rotate his Liverpool squad

4. What Unai Emery wants Arsenal to do does represent a shift from latter day Arsene Wenger. That style was always going to take time to implement.

They still have issues defensively. Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis are simply not quick enough to play that high a line.

The thing that changed against Everton was Petr Cech’s reaction time. He came out to stop Theo Walcott from having a good chance from a one-on-one, a defining save in the scope of the game.

That better understanding of what he has to do as a goalkeeper contributed to Arsenal picking up their first clean sheet under Emery at the seventh time of asking in all competitions.

5. Bernardo Silva did not have a bad first season for Manchester City – it was just tough for anyone to overhaul Kevin De Bruyne or David Silva.

Having settled, he is now getting his opportunities. And there is little doubt Pep Guardiola is being rewarded. He scored and assisted for City in the same game for the first time since his arrival at Cardiff.

Silva has already played 454 minutes in all competitions for City this season – which is only just under a third of the time he spent on the pitch for them last campaign. Expect even more.

Arsenal's senior goalkeeper Petr Cech kept Unai Emery's first clean sheet against Everton

6. Here’s a question – would James Maddison have found himself in a position to provide three goals in his last five games for Leicester if he had come through their academy?

Anyone with an eye on the EFL last season would have known about his free-kick prowess. In fact, it was not tough to understand why Leicester splashed £24million on him after the season he had for Norwich.

But would he have had the same opportunities at Premier League level? Was the nature of the lower tiers key to his exposure to first-team football? How many other Maddisons are currently waiting in academies, praying for but not getting a chance?

7. Erik Lamela took his time to settle in England. And then once he had, a hip injury made him unavailable for most of the 2016-17 campaign.

But there can be no doubt of his importance now. He is the player many expected him to be when Spurs paid £25.8million for him. He will be rotated along with Lucas Moura and Heung-min Son, but expect telling contributions from him.

After his strike against Brighton, Lamela has scored four in his last four league games for Spurs. That’s as many as in the prior 58.

Erik Lamela is in a rich vein of form for Tottenham after scoring four goals in four matches

8. It says a lot for Roy Hodgson’s coaching that Wayne Hennessey, a player many Crystal Palace fans would have happily seen go in the summer, has an excellent clean sheet record so far this season.

He has kept a clean sheet in four of his last seven games. That is the result of Hodgson’s brilliant organisational skills. Hennessey only had to face three shots on target against Newcastle.

Palace do not give up many chances and have, just about, enough to create a goal at the other end of the pitch. Hennessey is a beneficiary.

9. Complain one week about Burnley’s strikers, see the outcome the next. Last weekend, not a single one of their four options up front had bagged.

This week, Matej Vydra made his first start – and scored. Ashley Barnes hit a brace for the first time in the Premier League after 105 appearances in the competition. Add in a strike from winger Aaron Lennon and Burnley’s season finally got going.

The display against Bournemouth might hint at more to come from Vydra. He was coveted this summer but an injury hampered his acclimatisation at Turf Moor. Now fully fit, expect more goals.

10. If Fulham are to stay in the Premier League this season, and the early signs are good, then a lot will come down to their form at Craven Cottage.

Good news, then for any Fulham fans – they have lost just once at home in their last 19 league games. Slavisa Jokanovic has implemented an attractive style of football but their love of possession also provides them with an ability to stay safe.

Add in Aleksandar Mitrovic – no striker has scored more in England since his Fulham debut – and points will likely come at home. 

Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored more goals than any other striker since his Fulham debut