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Premier League grades: Man Utd struggle, Liverpool and Arsenal impress

Jurgen Klopp (R) celebrates with his players at the full-time whistle

Find out which teams impressed in week five of the Premier League as Liverpool beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and Manchester City's fine form continued.

We asked Sky Sports Now guest Stuart Pearce to give each side a grade, based purely on their performance at the weekend.

So, how did your side fare? Do they get a stunning A*, a woeful F, or something in between? Read on to find out...

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Premier League results

  • Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
  • Hull City 1-4 Arsenal
  • West Brom 4-2 West Ham
  • Man City 4-0 Bournemouth
  • Leicester City 3-0 Burnley
  • Everton 3-1 Middlesbrough
  • Watford 3-1 Man Utd
  • Southampton 1-0 Swansea
  • Crystal Palace 4-1 Stoke City
  • Tottenham 1-0 Sunderland

Liverpool - A-

Once again, they have gone on the road and won. They have had four away games now and just one at home, and find themselves in a really strong position in the league.

It has been a good start to the season, and they were excellent at Stamford Bridge. Very impressive.

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Watch highlights from Liverpool's win over Chelsea

Arsenal - A-

They had a really tough game in Europe against Paris Saint-Germain and still got the job done in a tricky looking match at Hull.

Scoring four goals on the road is no mean feat and Arsene Wenger will be very pleased after a tough point in France.

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Highlights from Arsenal's 4-1 victory over Hull.

West Brom - A-

I think this was one of those games where we thought West Ham would bounce back from their recent poor results, but all credit to West Brom.

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It's an A- for them even though they were at home, because it was a terrific performance.

Tony Pulis, by all accounts, is under a little bit of pressure and I can't believe it. It shouldn't be the case because without Tony I'm not sure where West Brom would be.

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Leicester City - A-

They went away from home in the Champions League and got a fantastic result in Bruges, and it gave them the confidence coming into their Premier League match against Burnley.

I did think they would win, but thought Sean Dyche's side might have made it slightly more difficult for the champions.

Considering the European commitment and the travel involved, it was an A- performance.

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Highlights from Leicester's 3-0 win over Burnley

Watford - A-

A great result. They fully deserved the three points and took advantage of the fact Manchester United were coming off the back of two defeats. Vicarage Road was rocking.

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Highlights from Watford's 3-1 victory over Man Utd

Crystal Palace - A-

It's a good time to play Stoke at the moment, but Crystal Palace were still excellent.

Scoring four goals in a comfortable victory at home is just what Alan Pardew would have wanted after an away win last weekend. They will be delighted.

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Highlights from Crystal Palace's 4-1 win over Stoke

Man City - B+

The style of football at Manchester City is great and Kevin De Bruyne is playing brilliantly, as are various other members of the team.

It's only a B+ because I expected a routine home win, but they are improving with every performance.

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Highlights from Man City's 4-0 win over Bournemouth

Everton - B+

It was a steady victory for Everton on Saturday. I was at the game and Middlesbrough's poor performance probably flattered the Toffees.

Ronald Koeman's side were good, but they didn't need to do too much.

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Southampton - B+

They needed a win and delivered. Southampton had some excellent chances and could easily have won by more.

Shane Long and Nathan Redmond both had great opportunities, but the Saints kept a clean sheet and Charlie Austin popped up with the winner.

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Highlights from Southampton's 1-0 win over Swansea.

Tottenham - B

Spurs made hard work of it at White Hart Lane and credit must go to Sunderland for that, but Mauricio Pochettino's side bossed possession and stayed patient.

I expected them to win, but for it to be slightly more comfortable so I'll go for a B.

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Hull City - C+

The red card for Jake Livermore was the real blow for Hull, and it was probably a little harsh on them.

I don't think many people expected them to get a result against Arsenal, but they won't be happy to have conceded four.

Sunderland - C

They hung around in the game and made it difficult for Tottenham, but ultimately have come away with nothing.

The chance for Steven Pienaar was their big opportunity to spring a shock, but over 90 minutes Tottenham deserved to win.

Steven Pienaar (R) takes on Dele Alli at White Hart Lane
Image: Steven Pienaar (right) had Sunderland's best opportunity at White Hart Lane

Bournemouth - C

They have been beaten by four goals away from home, but to be fair, nobody thought they would get much at the Etihad. They will move on quickly.

Burnley - C

I thought the result would be slightly closer at the King Power Stadium and Burnley will be disappointed to have conceded three goals.

They were in the game early on but by the end were just overpowered by a team with a stronger squad.

Swansea - C-

Like Southampton, Swansea needed a win but didn't offer much down on the south coast.

If anything, Francesco Guidolin would have been hopeful of stealing a point but his side struggled to carve out chances and didn't look like getting back in it after going a goal behind.

Joselu (L) and Virgil van Dijk battle for possession
Image: Joselu (left) and Virgil van Dijk battle for possession at St Mary's

West Ham - C-

They are shipping too many cheap goals. I expected them to produce a response after the Watford defeat but they were blown away at West Brom.

They need to get back to basics and look to string a couple of clean sheets together.

Chelsea - D+

Antonio Conte will be really upset with the result at Stamford Bridge, and on top of that, the performance was poor.

They were second best to Liverpool, especially in the first half, and couldn't salvage it.

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Stoke - D+

Stoke just can't get going, and it looks like they are missing goalkeeper Jack Butland.

They were never in the game after conceding two early goals at Crystal Palace. Stoke are built to be good at set-pieces, so it was surprising to see their performance at Selhurst Park.

Jonathan Walters in action for Stoke City at Selhurst Park
Image: Jonathan Walters in action for Stoke City at Selhurst Park

Middlesbrough - D

I was disappointed with Middlesbrough. They took the lead at Everton but allowed the game to quickly get away from them, and they hardly mustered a shot on goal.

Man Utd - D-

You expected a Jose Mourinho team to spring back at Watford after two defeats but they didn't do that.

I thought United were right back in the game when Marcus Rashford equalised, but they never kicked on.

They will be really disappointed and the manner of some of the mistakes from key players was very surprising.

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