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Premier League weekend grades: Tony Cascarino offers his verdict

Jamie Vardy breaks the Premier League record by scoring in 11 successive games - to put Leicester 1-0 up against Manchester United
Image: Jamie Vardy broke Ruud van Nistelrooy's goalscoring record on Saturday

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

We've asked former Chelsea striker and Sky Sports Now guest Tony Cascarino to grade each side based solely on their 90-minute performance over the weekend.

So how did your team fare? Did they get an A or an F, or somewhere in between? Read on to see how your team has been ranked...

Weekend Premier League results

  • Aston Villa 2-3 Watford
  • Bournemouth 3-3 Everton
  • Crystal Palace 5-1 Newcastle
  • Man City 3-1 Southampton
  • Sunderland 2-0 Stoke
  • Leicester 1-1 Man Utd
  • Tottenham 0-0 Chelsea
  • West Ham 1-1 West Brom
  • Liverpool 1-0 Swansea
  • Norwich 1-1 Arsenal

Crystal Palace - B+

Crystal Palace's Yannick Bolasie (left) puts Palace in front in the 17th minute
Image: Crystal Palace put in a ruthless performance against Newcastle

Palace absolutely hammered Newcastle. Yannick Bolasie and Wilfried Zaha caused Steve McClaren's side all sorts of problems and, despite falling behind, Palace bounced back to great effect and claimed a thoroughly deserved victory.

Liverpool - C+

In horrible conditions at Anfield, and after a European game, Liverpool did well to get the win. The weather was atrocious and, with the ball blowing around, they struggled to get the ball down and play how they would have wanted.

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Sunderland - C+

This was a great victory for Sunderland. Duncan Watmore's ability to get at players and just continually break forward and hurt Stoke was great to see.

Duncan Watmore secures three points for Sunderland, scoring his team's second goal in the 84th minute
Image: Duncan Watmore capped off an impressive performance with his third Sunderland goal

Watford - C+

I love the way Watford play, everybody is confident on the ball. Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney both got on scoresheet at Villa Park to continue to fine goalscoring form, and Watford are performing really well under Quique Sanchez Flores.

Leicester - C

This was a great point for Leicester. The best accolade I can give to Jamie Vardy is that he was so calm in the build up to the game, despite all the intense pressure, and he went and set the record against the league's best defence. That says a lot about him. He was so cool about everything before and after the game.

Jamie Vardy goal celeb, Leicester City v Manchester United, Premier League
Image: Jamie Vardy scored for a record-breaking 11th straight Premier League game

Man City - C

Manchester City got back on track with victory against Southampton. I've been a little bit disappointed with them in the last few weeks in the way they go about their business. It was a real testing game for them on Saturday, following their loss at Juventus in midweek, but they came through it well.

Norwich - C

Norwich had a bit more than Arsenal going forward if I'm being honest. They will be happy to get a well-earned point, although Arsenal were below-par.

Lewis Grabban celebrates with team-mates after scoring against Arsenal
Image: Lewis Grabban's strike earned Norwich a deserved point against Arsenal on Super Sunday

West Ham - C

It was a game of two halves for West Ham, their first-half display merited a C while the second was probably a worth an E. The Hammers looked really good and took the lead with Mauro Zarate's great free-kick. Were they good enough to win the game? Probably not.

Arsenal - D

As the game wore on at Carrow Road Arsenal got poorer. Arsene Wenger got things totally wrong with regards to injuries. Wenger goes on about players being in the red zone physically yet, funnily enough, Alexis Sanchez goes and gets injured.

Alexis Sanchez picked up a hamstring injury against Norwich
Image: Arsenal's injury crisis deepened with Alexis Sanchez picked up a hamstring strain at Carrow Road

Bournemouth - D

You cannot fault Bournemouth's never say die attitude, we saw that on Saturday. You can never question their attitude. However, if they are to stay up they must stop conceding at such an alarming rate.

Chelsea - D

An improved display from Chelsea in a game where both team's European games in midweek had a huge influence on the game. Like Spurs, Chelsea didn't quite have the edge to find the breakthrough.

Chelsea's Jose Mourinho (left) goes for a catch, in front of Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino
Image: There was nothing to separate Chelsea and Tottenham at White Hart Lane

Everton - D

The three goals Everton conceded were disappointing. Add that to the fact they scored late on and didn't hold out for a win and it's not the greatest performance. The performance epitomises the way Roberto Martinez sets up his sides, so the grade is probably better suited to the manager rather than the players.

Man Utd - D

Manchester United need to stop going sideways and backwards. They don't have players willing to play with the intensity needed to hurt the opposition or trying to get in behind defences. The one thing you cannot do when you're playing against Vardy is leave spaces in behind and that's exactly what they did.

Stoke - D

Ryan Shawcross' sending off changed the course of the game, Stoke were in the game and matching Sunderland up to that point. The moment they went down to 10 men it lessened their chance of winning.

Referee Mike Dean shows Stoke's Ryan Shawcross (second right) a red card
Image: Ryan Shawcross' red card changed the course of the game at the Stadium of Light

Swansea - D

I was a bit disappointed with Swansea. They didn't hurt Liverpool as much as they would have wanted but they did manage to match them for long periods in what was a horrible game conditions-wise for both sides.

Tottenham - D

There wasn't a lot to choose between Spurs and Chelsea. Their Europa League commitments certainly had an effect on the result but they extended their unbeaten run which was a positive.

West Brom - D

West Brom were poor in the first half at Upton Park, with Salomon Rondon isolated, but as soon as Rickie Lambert was brought on alongside him they looked a completely different team and earned a deserved point.

Rickie Lambert equalises for West Brom after his shot deflected off Winston Reid
Image: Rickie Lambert inclusion swung the game in West Brom's favour at Upton Park

Aston Villa - E

Villa are conceding so many goals that they're falling apart. If they're going to stay up they have to stop conceding, it's as simple as that.

Southampton - E

Without the suspended Graziano Pelle they were a different team - he is the springboard for what Southampton are good at. Sadio Mane was a little bit lost and they didn't have the effect in attacking positions without Pelle, he was clearly a big, big loss.

Newcastle - F

Newcastle manager Steve McClaren leaves the pitch after his team's 5-1 defeat to Crystal Palace
Image: Newcastle manager Steve McClaren (right) leaves the pitch after his team's 5-1 defeat at Crystal Palace

Newcastle are so easy to play against. It's not a coincidence that Leicester scored three goals against them one week and then Palace put five past them. Palace hurt them out wide and Newcastle did absolutely nothing to stop it. They fell apart.

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