Premier League talking points

Talking points from the third weekend of the Premier League season:

KLOPP MAINTAINS WINNING RUN OVER NEWCASTLE'S HOWE

With half an hour gone, a goal down and his captain sent off, few would have believed that Juergen Klopp would continue his run of victories over Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, but Darwin Nunez came off the bench to keep it going.

The out-of-favour striker scored two late goals to ensure his German coach notched his 11th straight win over Howe, the longest winning run in the competition's history by one manager over another.

In doing so, Klopp dealt a serious blow to Newcastle, as the loss to Liverpool came on the coat-tails of a 1-0 reverse to Manchester City a week ago.

CHELSEA GET IN THEIR STRIDE UNDER POCHETTINO

Mauricio Pochettino is delivering on his promise of attacking football, but it wasn't the fluidity of his strikers that most pleased him in the 3-0 defeat of Premier League new boys Luton Town, his first win as Chelsea coach.

"The important thing is we were very solid and the discipline," he told the BBC.

Much of that solidity came from British record transfer signing Moises Caicedo. The security he provided as the midfield anchor on his first start for the Blues allowed Enzo Fernandez to link up with the re-energised Raheem Sterling.

With a favourable run of fixtures ahead, Pochettino's new-look Chelsea have a chance to prove last season's failures are past them.

UNDERACHIEVING EVERTON BLUNDER AGAIN

Alarm bells will be ringing loud at Goodison Park after Everton’s latest set-back, a 1-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers that leaves them without a point, or even a goal, in their opening three Premier League games.

There is the concept of ‘circling the drain’, where a few seasons of struggle lead to the inevitable fall and unless Sean Dyche can find a way to turn around his team’s fortunes quickly, they will be among the favourites for the drop.

He does have injuries to key players and was without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Alex Iwobi, Dwight McNeil and Jack Harrison, all attacking players, but they still created more than enough chances to win the game.

To then concede three minutes from fulltime through poor marking was a sucker-punch Everton fans found too much to bear at the end as the boos rang out. Sheffield United away next in the league already looks a massive game for them.

MOYES WORKING WONDERS TO GIVE WEST HAM HOPE

West Ham United's fans are not used to seeing their side top of the table, but that's where they spent Saturday night after a comprehensive 3-1 away win over high-flying Brighton & Hove Albion that showcased all of coach David Moyes' strengths.

The Scot is used to working with limited resources and though his West Ham side is sprinkled with some super technical footballers, this win was firmly rooted in a stalwart collective defensive effort and some incisive counter-attacking.

Michail Antonio is often asked to live on scraps as the lone striker, but he revelled in the role on Saturday as he created one goal and scored another en route to West Ham's first Premier League win over Brighton.

West Ham were promptly knocked off their perch when Manchester City beat Sheffield United on Sunday, but if they can keep defending and making the most of their chances like they did against Brighton, they will be hanging around the top of the table for a while longer.

GIBBS-WHITE KEY TO FOREST SURVIVAL

Nottingham Forest were unable to resist a Manchester United fightback as they let slip a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 but while defeat was painful, Steve Cooper's side offered plenty of evidence that they can extend their stay in the top flight to a third season.

Their pacy counter-attacking football tore United's defence to shreds at times even when they were reduced to 10 men.

Morgan Gibbs-White typified Forest's attitude with his non-stop work rate and showed moments of real quality that will not have gone unnoticed.

Keeping him will be central to Forest's hopes this season and there is no reason why they cannot follow the example of Fulham, Brentford and Brighton and seek to finish in the top half of the table. REUTERS