Right-midfield: "Messi is on a table on his own. No one else is allowed. But the table beside, Kevin can sit there." Pep Guardiola is not sorting out his birthday dinner, but discussing the best players he's coached. Kevin De Bruyne is second only to Messi, apparently, and after an electric display against Bournemouth in City's 4-0 win it was eulogy o'clock. Mariner called it a "supreme performance" and Hislop agrees.
Centre-midfield: There's a swell of admiration growing for Idrissa Gueye and he's certainly growing in stature in the blue of Everton. He was superb in the win over Boro, and as Mariner points out, covered every blade of grass, disrupting the visitors' possession as he went. Hislop was similarly taken with the Senegalese.
Centre-midfield: What a win for Watford. Having taken the game to Manchester United and got themselves in front, it had been expected they'd sit back once Marcus Rashford equalised, but not a bit of it. They pushed on and sealed a famous 3-1 win. There were heroes in yellow everywhere, but we've plumped for Etienne Capoue, who opened the scoring and now has four goals to his name this season.