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Premier League grades: Tony Cottee gives his verdict

Leroy Sane celebrates after scoring Manchester City's fourth goal during the Premier League match against Liverpool

Did your Premier League team live up to expectations this weekend?

We've asked Sky Sports Now guest Tony Cottee to give each side a grade, based purely on their weekend performance.

So, how did your team fare? Did they get a stunning A*, an awful F, or something in between? Read on to find out...

Premier League results

Man City 5-0 Liverpool Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth Stoke 2-2 Man Utd
Southampton 0-2 Watford Brighton 3-1 West Brom Everton 0-3 Tottenham
Leicester 1-2 Chelsea Burnley 1-0 C Palace Swansea 0-1 Newcastle

Chelsea - A

The King Power is not an easy place to go as Chelsea know - they got badly beaten there a couple of seasons ago when their attitude wasn't right. But it was spot on at the weekend, they have really rallied after that poor defeat to Burnley in their first game of the season. There are a few big players to come back too - especially Eden Hazard - plus Alvaro Morata keeps scoring.

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Watch highlights from Chelsea's win at Leicester

Watford - A

It was an outstanding performance. I remember certain people tipped them to get relegated but to go to Southampton and pick up a comfortable victory was very impressive. They have some good players and will be looking to push for a top-10 finish.

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Arsenal - A

It was a game they expected to win but the early goal still settled them down. It was a comfortable victory over a Bournemouth team that didn't offer much.

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Watch highlights from Arsenal's win over Bournemouth

Tottenham - A

A superb response to two disappointing home results. Harry Kane is back in form - it is September after all - and that's great for everyone at Tottenham. Goodison Park is a tricky place to get a result so it has to be an A.

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Watch highlights from Tottenham's win at Everton

Brighton - A

A complete team performance from Brighton. They had big pressure on them having not scored a goal and West Brom are tough opponents. To win 3-1 was a wonderful result and great for everyone at the club. They will give it a real go this season.

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Watch highlights from Brighton's win over West Brom

Manchester City - A-

The only reason I give them a minus is their defensive display before Sadio Mane's red card was poor. They looked a bit shaky at the back and they haven't resolved that problem. In terms of going forward, absolutely outstanding. They could have scored more than five.

Stoke - B+

I can't really give them anything higher than a B+ because they conceded two goals at home. But it was a tough game against a Manchester United team that was flying. To get anything from the match is positive, it's not two points lost it is one point gained.

Burnley - B

It is a wonderful result - they are tough to beat at Turf Moor - so from that point of view it was very positive. But apart from the very early stages, Crystal Palace dictated the game in terms of chances created and possession.

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Watch highlights from Burnley's win over Crystal Palace

Newcastle - B

They didn't play very well at the Liberty but that's six points from their last two games and they are looking up. It was also a superb individual display by Jamaal Lascelles - I'll give an A to him but a B to the team overall.

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Watch highlights from Newcastle's win at Swansea

Crystal Palace - B-

There wasn't a lot wrong with the performance. They were just very unlucky not to score, they could have had three. Christian Benteke should have scored and Scott Dann certainly should have scored. It was a decent display but a poor result and Frank de Boer has paid the price.

Leicester - B-

They lost the game but I thought Leicester did OK against a good Chelsea side. They showed enough fight and were perhaps a little unlucky not to get a point. It was good to see Jamie Vardy banging in another goal.

Manchester United - B-

This was maybe a little wake-up call for United. Once you get in front you want to see the game out but they committed two bad mistakes at the back. Eric Bailly and Phil Jones were the two centre-halves and that sloppy defending has cost them. It was a game they should have won.

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Watch highlights from Stoke 2-2 Man Utd

Swansea - C

They didn't really turn up and that cost them, it was a poor result from a game they would have fancied three points.

West Brom - D

Perhaps this was just a bad day at the office. It was a poor performance and a poor result but they have had a good start to the campaign. The likes of Jonny Evans are coming back into the team now and I think they will take that defeat as just a blip. They can't afford too many similar results.

Liverpool - D

They collapsed after the Mane sending off - it wasn't far short of a capitulation. Everything was going well up to then, they looked a threat to City even after going 1-0 down. But they have big issues defensively.

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Watch highlights from Man City's win over Liverpool

Bournemouth - E

They didn't turn up on the day. I can only remember them creating one chance - when Jermain Defoe hit the post - but apart from that they didn't look like scoring. Defensively they were all over the place too albeit against a good Arsenal team.

Southampton - E

A very poor performance from Southampton, it has to be an E in front of their own fans. Their first shot on target - and it was a weak one - didn't come until the final stages. There were ironic cheers from the fans as well, they are not happy bunnies on the south coast. They got their wish with Claude Puel out but things aren't right under Mauricio Pellegrino either. They have to be careful this season because they will be in relegation trouble if this form continues.

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Watch highlights from Watford's win at Southampton

Everton - E

It has to be an E for my old club unfortunately. I don't like giving Fs but they have certainly flirted with one. The only thing in their defence is they played against a good Spurs team. Apart from that, it was a poor performance. I was up on Merseyside at the weekend and the fans aren't too happy. They have a big problem up front - there's no striker - and despite good signings like Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane and Wayne Rooney, they have too many midfielders and not enough forwards.

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