Premier League grades: Tony Cascarino gives his verdict
Monday 2 November 2015 19:08, UK
Did your Premier League team live up to expectations this weekend?
We've asked Sky Sports Now guest, and former Aston Villa and Chelsea striker, Tony Cascarino to give each side a grade 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...
Everton - A
What a fantastic moment for Arouna Kone, I do love it when a player with a serious injury comes back and does what he did, fantastic. While it wasn't a perfect performance, Everton deserve a top-notch grade because they hit a Sam Allardyce side for six.
Arsenal - B
Arsenal got better as the game went on, they had too much class for Swansea. The man that apparently isn't good enough, Olivier Giroud, gets another goal so an all-round decent performance.
Liverpool - B
There is still work to be done at Liverpool but these are certainly exciting times with Klopp in charge. Everyone has a smile on their face and the pleasing things for their fans will be Philippe Coutinho found his form again.
Southampton - B
Graziano Pelle, Dusan Tadic and Sadio Mane caused havoc for 45 minutes and they won the game. For me, Pelle is the best centre-forward in England, I'd take him over the likes of Christian Benteke and Romelu Lukaku. He is such a good player, his touch to set up the first goal was brilliant before heading in their second.
Watford - B
Watford were superb. Again Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney caused havoc, as they have done to a number of defences this season. A really good performance and a solid B.
Crystal Palace - C
There were certain periods in the first half were you just thought Palace would get the breakthrough, it didn't and as the game went on the game fizzled out. But Palace were the only side that looked like winning on Saturday, they had a go and really tested United.
Leicester - C
Jamie Vardy once again settled the game. Once he burst through the Albion defence he was gone. Wow, see you later, goodbye! His performance was so important, it was a game that could have gone either way and he ended up deciding it.
Newcastle - C
Newcastle just didn't take the chances they created but I think there have been some really good signs from them in the last few weeks. They'll be trying to turn that type of performance into victories now, but when Jack Butland, who has produced back-to-back Man of the Match performances, produces the form he did there's not much you can do.
Norwich - C
You could see Alex Neil worked his side hard on the training ground prior to the game and it largely worked, up until the last 10 minutes. Going forward I think Neil will be delighted with the performance, maybe against teams not quite as good as City they'll be able to get something.
Bournemouth - D
Bournemouth's second-half performance merits a D. Give them their credit, they came in and huffed and puffed but they didn't really have enough. They've lost Callum Wilson and when you lose someone of his quality, someone who was the difference for them in games, it's going to be tough. But they showed a lot of character in the second half at St Mary's.
Chelsea - D
Chelsea were OK in the first half, they were level pegging, but once Liverpool got the equaliser and then got their noses in front they were second best overall in the 90 minutes.
Man City - D
Obviously having Sergio Aguero and David Silva missing is a massive loss to City. Kevin de Bruyne wasn't quite as influential as he has been and Wilfried Bony had shot after shot. This game was similar to last week's derby, City just got the result to stay top. If they can keep picking up points while they wait for Aguero and Silva to return you feel that's job done.
Stoke - D
This was all about Jack Butland. He deserved an A for his performance alone, while Stoke were probably a C or a D. They were disappointing and they have their goalkeeper to thank for earning them a point.
Swansea - D
The penalty incident involving Per Mertesacker was a big decision in the game. Swansea were a bit unlucky with that and I don't think they weren't three goals worse than Arsenal.
West Brom - D
This was a really tough game, there were a few controversial decisions that could have gone either way and it was hanging in the balance. Albion will be disappointed having gone in front, Salomon Rondon missed a decent chance, but there were good signs from Tony Pulis' side.
Man Utd - E
United fired a blank for the third game in a row, they simply don't do that. They average close to three a game and at the moment they're nowhere near that. It was a very limp performance and Palace were the only team that looked like winning.
West Ham - E
The West Ham side that beat Chelsea last week certainly didn't turn up at Vicarage Road. They just didn't look like a team that wanted to win.
Sunderland - F
Although for 20 minutes Sunderland looked to have put in a real good effort, their defending was an absolute shambles, probably as bad as I've seen this season. No one closed down or put pressure on the ball and it was just incredible.
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