A Premier League weekend for north London this one as Arsenal had the last laugh against Manchester City and Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou pulled out a vital win away to Brentford. Both Manchester sides finished with tails firmly between legs while the unstoppable train that is Liverpool breezed past another stop by dismantling Bournemouth. Nottingham Forest put on a 7-0 clinic to embarrass Brighton in a result that saw some Seagulls fans beginning to question the suitability of boss Fabian Hurzeler.

And the David Moyes effect continues to rub off on Everton as they put a hapless Leicester City side to the sword in a big result at the bottom. Meanwhile, both Wolves and Southampton claimed much-needed wins against Aston Villa and Ipswich respectively, piling huge pressure on Kieran McKenna's side as they sank further from safety. In the newest instalment of this weekly column, Mail Sport picks out five of the most interesting talking points to emerge from the Premier League’s latest round of matches.

Arsenal cruised to a 5-1 win over Man City during a dramatic weekend in the Premier League. Arne Slot's Liverpool pressed on at the summit of the league, defeating in-form Bournemouth. Beto's brace inspired Everton to a 4-0 victory over relegation rivals Leicester on Saturday. UNITED’S HOUSE OF HORRORS. Walking out of Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon there was a group of fans vigorously debating how it continues to go so wrong at home.

The answer isn’t all that difficult: Manchester United are a soft touch, particularly at home. Old Trafford used to be an arena where opposition players would turn up and find themselves eaten alive either by their opposite number of the 65,000 passionate United fans that turned up knowing their team would eventually come out on top. That is long gone. It’s a mirage now, a nostalgic recollection of how things used to be.

And so to see Crystal Palace deservedly add to Manchester United’s misery on Sunday was to not be surprised but alarmed at how those in positions of power seem to have no ideas of how to take Old Trafford from a House of Horrors to one where the jump scare affects opponents again. Defeat on Sunday made it nine games this season where they have failed to score; five of those shutouts came at Old Trafford and three came on Ruben Amorim’s watch.

In fact, only Everton (12) and table dwellers Southampton (10) have failed to score more often in the Premier League this season than this United side. Amorim walked into his press conference eager to not look too defeated by what he had seen but doesn’t have a poker face to pull it off. It was more misery for Ruben Amorim at home as Man United lost 2-0 against Crystal Palace. The Red Devils' attack lacked potency again as Kobbie Mainoo was trusted to lead the line.

He looked a touch forlorn as he addressed questions thrown in his direction at why this team continues to look so anaemic in attack, on the day where Marcus Rashford was sent out on loan to Aston Villa and there is no guarantee of a deadline day replacement. But the facts speak for themselves. Old Trafford is the stage where too many Manchester United players end up with stage fright. 0-3 vs Liverpool (H).

0-0 vs Palace (A). 0-3 vs Tottenham (H). 0-0 vs Aston Villa (A). 0-2 vs Arsenal (A). 0-3 vs Bournemouth (H). 0-2 vs Wolves (A). 0-2 vs Newcastle (H). 0-2 vs Palace (H). Sunday’s defeat meant that United have now lost seven of their first 13 league home matches this season, their joint-most at this stage of a league campaign, along with 1893-94 (also seven home defeats in 13). Go a step further when scrutinised home form and you’ll see that since the beginning of last season, only Wolves (16) have lost more Premier League home games than United’s 13.

There are other bad habits that urgently need addressed - the fact they have failed to score in the first half of 18 different league matches this season, the most of any team in the competition, is incredibly alarming - but front and centre is that this is a team that is being given the runaround at their own home. Since the beginning of last season only Wolves have lost more Premier League games than United and many of those turnovers are coming under the Old Trafford lights.

Amorim can’t fix the myriad problems at United overnight but he’s got until the end of this season to show he can make this rag-tag group a more solid and coherent unit on their own patch if for nothing else to conjure some belief heading into 2025-26. As it stands right now, opponents from top to bottom are licking their lips at a trip to M16. Bruno Fernandes and Co have now lost seven of their first 13 league home matches this season.

Despite struggling for goals, both Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee started on the bench. ARSENAL TAUNTING MEANS ZIP WITHOUT A TITLE. To see Myles Lewis-Skelly copying Erling Haaland’s celebration, Gabriel taunting the Manchester City striker and the Arsenal PA playing Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humbled’ at full-time after their mightily impressive 5-1 win on Sunday night is all fine and good, but it all means nothing unless you back it up with legitimate prizes.