At Sunderland, Antonio Conte started Cesc Fabregas to replace Matic in what turned out to be a hard-fought game.
After 40 minutes, a Pedro-Fabregas-Willian move allowed the Brazilian to square the ball for the Catalan, whose sidefoot shot flew low and true inside the post.
Thibaut Courtois made a good save from Januzaj, another from a fizzing shot by Van Aanholt that might have beaten 17 of the goalkeepers in this league.
Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet was restored at Middlesbrough, proving that Jurgen Klopp isn’t dogmatic enough to cut off his nose to spite his face.
Adam Lallana scored twice and assisted Origi in a 3-0 away win that puts them second in the table.
With six goals and six assists already, Lallana now looks the slickest continuity man in the Premier League AND the slickest finisher. Liverpool are missing Coutinho but Lallana is the brains of the attack.
The first goal was excellent. Clyne’s cross was an undefendable one. Hit hard to swing down to the far post, it allowed Lallana to head down into the net without jumping.
Mignolet had made a good save before that, and a great one after it when a Boro break, sparked by little Traore.
But Lallana, that man again, blocked a shot by midfielder Forshaw.
Origi made it 0-2 after a textbook move of seven passes ended with Lallana squaring the ball to him.
Origi then set up Lallana to make it 0-3.
After such a stunning early goal, the big red machine was always gonna deliver three points.On a different night, the sparky, explosive Sadio Mane might have scored a couple.
At White Hart Lane, Sissoko replaced Son against Hull last night.
When Vertonghen released Danny Rose, Tottenham’s best forward, he set up Christian Eriksen, who whipped his left foot shot inside the near post.
Then Kyle Walker powered to the byeline on the other side and cut the ball back for the Dane to score from 20 inches.
When keeper David Marshall clawed Eriksen’s free-kick against the inside of the post, Victor Wanyama followed up to make it 3-0.
The Spurs goals came in 14 and 65 and 75.
Liverpool’s came in 29 and 60 and 68.
What do Liverpool and Spurs have in common?
Second-half running power.
At the Etihad, KDB’s cross picked out Zabaleta at the far post and the right back put Man City 1-0 up against Watford in 33.
But the second goal was a long time coming.
Raheem set up David Silva to make it to 2-0 in 86, after Ighalo, a monster last season, missed a great chance to make it 1-1
Talking of monsters, Pogba and Ibra both produced in Man United’s 2-1 win at Crystal Palace.