Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

Antonio Conte’s performance the season he won the league with Chelsea was spectacularly brilliant, but things have moved on since then. No team bar Conte’s Chelsea has won the Premier League playing three at the back; the standard at the top of the table is far higher now than it was then. Of the current top five, only Conte’s Spurs play a plodding, cautious, constipated style that makes watching them an imposition. Much as Conte likes to trumpet his achievement in qualifying Spurs for the Champions League, they were poor last season, it just so happened other teams were worse, and their run in the competition served only to show how far off his team are – despite a summer spend of roughly £150m ­– and how far off he is, having made the last eight once in six attempts. Conte is a man out of time, and another poor result this weekend might just mean the end. Daniel Harris

Tottenham v Nottingham Forest, Saturday 3pm (all times GMT)

When the two teams met in August, Liverpool won 9-0 at Anfield, costing Scott Parker his job. Jürgen Klopp’s side are coming into this match off the back of a monumental 7-0 victory over Manchester United, while Bournemouth have won once in their past 12 matches in all competitions. The signs are ominous for the bottom-of-the-table Cherries. Four of Liverpool’s attackers scored in the thrashing of United to give the frontline a much-needed confidence booster. Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Núñez et al will be keen for some further target practice on the south coast because they will be heading to Madrid in midweek in the desperate hope they can overcome a three-goal deficit against Real, so will not be keen on being rotated out, especially against a side who have conceded seven in their