Son shines again for Tottenham, Chelsea and Leicester need defensive shake-ups, Palace signings prove their value and Southampton are ticking over again
The moment that summed up the discord in the Chelsea defence came on 64 minutes, when Gary Cahill wanted Thibaut Courtois to come to collect; the goalkeeper stayed on his line and Branislav Ivanovic bludgeoned the ball into touch. Cahill and Courtois argued. But errors had disfigured the performance to leave Chelsea 3-0 down at half-time: it was shocking, for example, to see how easily Mesut Özil accelerated away from the defensive midfielder N’Golo Kanté before he scored Arsenal’s third. Antonio Conte did not cancel his players’ day off on Sunday but they can expect a video inquest when they return to Cobham and the manager will, surely, consider changes. John Terry is almost fit again while Marcos Alonso is pushing for inclusion. Conte, who tried a 5-2-3 formation in the second half, said that he would not sleep for two nights. Cahill and Ivanovic are most obviously in the firing line. David Hytner
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