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

Jack Grealish has stopped falling over. But it’s not just that. Grealish was fouled just twice against Fulham, neither of these the contact-seeking lunges that had for a while become a part of his game. Grealish isn’t necessarily cheating or diving when he does this. The take-the-foul routine is also a way of having your legs battered into a pulp over several years. Grealish carries the ball too well not to be tripped a lot. Contact will happen. Why not manage how that collision works, take the lightest of touches, fall well? But Grealish has started to stay up as well, to use his strength instead to terrorise and bully defenders. He was very good against Fulham, helping to make the opening goal, and just about surviving an ongoing battle with Kenny Tete, who was defending aggressively. Another thing here: the Fulham crowd barracked Grealish and he wagged his finger back at them. But the feeling was less outrage, more pantomime jeers, a kind of semi-buried respect. The other story of Grealish’s season is that he is now surely the most marketable English player in the league; and, grudgingly perhaps for some, one of the most likeable. Barney Ronay

Match report: Fulham 1-2 Manchester City

Do you think Trent Alexander-Arnold should play in midfield? Do you believe in his passing ability and positional awareness? We could probably predict which political party you support and whether or not you’re vegan by your answer. Focusing solely on the football, it makes sense, doesn’t it? There are few better in the league when it comes to delivering a ball from deep and there’s no denying his industry, if not his tactical nous, off the ball. It was his whipped cross that found Curtis Jones unmarked at the back post for Liverpool’s