Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Stamford Bridge was not a happy place after Chelsea’s insipid defeat to Southampton. There was no holding back. Loud boos greeted the final whistle and the mood near the dugout was ugly. A fair few fans were bellowing abuse at Graham Potter and the worry for Chelsea’s head coach, who has been in the job only since September, will be that he has already lost the crowd. Chelsea supporters loved Thomas Tuchel and many do not see Potter as an upgrade on the German. There is talk of giving the Brighton manager time to build but he is not doing a good job of winning over the sceptics. Chelsea are 10th after winning two of their past 14 games and there was no excuse for losing at home to the league’s worst side. Potter rested too many players and it will be tough to win the crowd back now. Jacob Steinberg

Match report: Chelsea 0-1 Southampton

Marcus Rashford’s continuing hot streak was the talk of the town, but two early saves by David de Gea were crucial in keeping Leicester at bay and setting the platform for Manchester United’s success. De Gea is a keeper from another age, when goalies were judged almost exclusively on their shot-stopping ability, before th new-fangled trend of playing out from the back. Had De Gea not beaten out Harvey Barnes’s early shot from point-blank range, or moved smartly across his goal to block Kelechi Iheanacho’s header, it may have been a far more testing afternoon for Erik ten Hag’s team. De Gea is also a player from another era at Old Trafford: he is old enough to remember winning a league title under Sir Alex Ferguson. The 32-year-old now has 180 clean sheets for the club, the same as Peter Schmeichel. Whether United are good enough to win the Premier League with players such as Wout