Premier League takeaways: Ronaldo back in business, Saka spot on, tears at Tottenham

Cristiano Ronaldo found himself back in the spotlight for the right reasons this weekend after the Portuguese veteran bagged the winner for Manchester United against Everton.

The 37-year-old started the summer angling for a move away from Manchester after the club's failure to make the Champions League, then spent most of the rest of it sitting on the Old Trafford bench as no transfer materialised.

And that was where he started the match on Sunday at Goodison Park before he was called into action early on after Anthony Martial's latest injury setback.

Within 15 minutes, Ronaldo produced a calm finish to score his first league goal of the season and the 700th of a glittering career.

But it's another Manchester-based attacker who continues to hog the limelight as Erling Haaland made it 20 goals this season in Manchester City's 4-0 thrashing of Southampton. The Norwegian's standards are clearly slipping, though, as he failed to make it four home games in a row with a hat-trick to his name.

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates putting Manchester United 2-1 ahead against Everton for his 700th club goal at Goodison Park on October 9, 2022. PA

It was little over a year ago that Bukayo Saka was in tears and inconsolable on the Wembley Stadium pitch after missing a shoot-out penalty in England's Euro 2020 final defeat against Italy.

If that wasn't enough for any 19-year-old to handle, Saka then had to deal with sickening racist abuse on social media after the match. It is testament to the player's mental strength at such a young age that he would go on to have a magnificent season with club side Arsenal, finishing the campaign with 12 goals in 43 games.

On Sunday, with the Gunners' game against Liverpool on a knife edge at 2-2, Thiago