sport news Premier League Power Rankings: Will Mohamed Salah return to the top?

sport news Premier League Power Rankings: Will Mohamed Salah return to the top?
sport news Premier League Power Rankings: Will Mohamed Salah return to the top?

It was certainly another dramatic weekend in the Premier League as the club action returned following the final international fixtures of the year.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was put out of his misery and sacked less than 24 hours after Manchester United's absolutely dismal 4-1 defeat to Watford.

As United ended the weekend managerless and down in eighth, their main rivals all underlined their class yet again.

Liverpool showed their class once again with a 4-0 dismantling of Arsenal on Saturday

Liverpool showed their class once again with a 4-0 dismantling of Arsenal on Saturday

THE TOP 10 LAST TIME 

1. Declan Rice

2. Emile Smith Rowe

3. Mohamed Salah

4. Wilfried Zaha

5. Aaron Ramsdale

6. Reece James

7. Joao Cancelo

8. Jarrod Bowen

9. Conor Gallagher

10. Adam Armstrong

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Liverpool crushed Arsenal's recent revival in a 4-0 win at Anfield which saw Mikel Arteta and Jurgen Klopp clash on the touchline.

Chelsea swept aside Leicester to preserve their three-point lead at the top of the table but Manchester City remain in hot pursuit after a 3-0 win over Everton.

West Ham saw their good form dented by Wolves, while there were great starts for Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa and Dean Smith over at Norwich.

Antonio Conte racked up his first Premier League win as Tottenham manager, a 2-1 success over Leeds on Sunday.

And we witnessed not one, but two six-goal thrillers with honours even between Burnley and Crystal Palace as well as Newcastle and Brentford.

Every week, Sportsmail will be bringing you a Power Rankings table, listing the top 10 players in the Premier League after each weekend's action is completed.

As the season continues to unwind, the rankings will provide a form guide with players moving in and out of the top 10 depending on both their performances in the previous fixture and also in recent weeks.

So, with all of that taken into account, how have Sportsmail's latest batch of Power Rankings taken shape?

10. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham, down two)

West Ham are enjoying a fine season but it just wasn't their afternoon on Saturday as they went down 1-0 at Wolves.

Winger Jarrod Bowen was one of their better performers at Molineux but the Hammers were unable to follow up that landmark 3-2 win over Liverpool just before the internationals.

Bowen had set up two of West Ham's goals in that game but Raul Jimenez proved the match-winner on Saturday as they lost their first game since the start of October.

He remains just about in our top 10 despite sliding a couple of positions from eighth last time out.

Jarrod Bowen attempts to get clear of Ruben Neves during West Ham's defeat to Wolves

Jarrod Bowen attempts to get clear of Ruben Neves during West Ham's defeat to Wolves

9. Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace, no change)

Nobody can complain about the entertainment being served up by Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace.

They shared six goals with Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday, making it 22 goals in six matches on their travels this season.

Christian Benteke may have scored twice but, as he always seems to do, on-loan Chelsea midfielder Gallagher, fresh from winning a maiden England cap, did well in midfield, including brilliantly setting up one of the goals.

Gallagher is already being backed to compete for a starting place when he returns to Chelsea next season and there were warm words of praise from Thomas Tuchel last week.

Conor Gallagher in action during Crystal Palace's exciting 3-3 draw with Burnley on Saturday

Conor Gallagher in action during Crystal Palace's exciting 3-3 draw with Burnley on Saturday

'I'm not surprised that the national coach [Gareth Southgate] loves him, because I loved him from day one,' Tuchel said.

'There cannot be a coach who does not love guys like this - humble, nice, a smile on their face, always ready to give everything, who wants to learn and wants to improve.'

Gallagher keeps his place in our top 10 for this week.

8. Diogo Jota (Liverpool, new entry)

Jurgen Klopp's concern about the knee knock Jota picked up during the second-half of Saturday's win over Arsenal said everything about how important the Portuguese forward is to Liverpool.

He was arguably the stand-out performer even on an evening when Liverpool's purring attack produced four goals against opponents who'd been in very good form.

Jota scored the second of those goals to take his tally for the season to six and he is playing an ever increasing part as Klopp shuffles his forward line.

Roberto Firmino may be out with a thigh injury but Liverpool don't miss a beat when Jota is involved. No wonder Klopp hopes his knee issue isn't serious.

Diogo Jota capped an excellent performance in Liverpool's win over Arsenal by scoring

Diogo Jota capped an excellent performance in Liverpool's win over Arsenal by scoring 

7. Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal, down two)

Arsenal may have conceded four at Anfield but the scoreline could have reach truly humiliating proportions if not for Aaron Ramsdale making several key saves.

Accordingly, he was their best performer and that told you everything you need to know about how dire they were.

Ramsdale, who made his England debut away to San Marino last week, has been an important part of a positive run of

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