Chris Kamara: Aaron Ramsey and Daniel Sturridge can get even better

After reporting for Soccer Saturday and reviewing the best of the Premier League action on Goals on Sunday, Chris Kamara looks back at the big talking points from the weekend on skysports.com every Monday morning.

Here, the Sky Sports expert says Swansea deserve more credit for their win at Old Trafford, Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge is only going to get better and Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey is taking over from Frank Lampard as the league’s premier goal-scoring midfielder…

Man Utd have problems, but Swansea deserve credit for win at Old Trafford

Swansea beat Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday but no one is talking about Garry Monk and his players. All the discussion is about Van Gaal and how United need strengthening. But when Van Gaal put his team out on Saturday, he would have been confident, after what he’d seen in pre-season, that they would have been good enough to win that football match. He didn’t put it out to lose and prove to the board they needed strengthening, he put it out to win the game. Perception is everything. If you perceive David Moyes isn’t good enough for the United job, you start to moan about him when they lose. But if you think Van Gaal is good enough, you blame the players after the weekend. Meanwhile, poor old Swansea go there, play magnificent, have their lead wiped out and yet still go on to win the game. Yes, Man United have problems and they haven’t lost on the opening day at home for quite some time but let’s give Swansea and Monk credit. He’s a new manager, it’s his first full season and against all odds – because, apart from the Swansea fans, who really fancied them to go and win? – they pulled it off. It’s a great result for them.

Man City’s class and individual brilliance was too much for a battling Newcastle

Playing against the champions, at home, on the opening day of the season, Newcastle were always going to raise their game – but I’m sure the fans, who were behind their team all day long, will be pleased to see their side give it a real good go. Unfortunately for them, City just had too much class in the end. David Silva’s opener was beautiful and a great team goal. Yaya Toure’s long pass once again showed he’s got the lot, while the vision from Edin Dzeko to see Silva’s run and to lay it into his path was superb. Then, Sergio Aguero’s goal was one only the best strikers score. The reactions, the composure... After going to ground with his first shot, he gets up and casually sticks it in the back of the net. He made it look a lot easier than it was.  

Liverpool are going to miss Luis Suarez – but Daniel Sturridge can get even better

Liverpool have got their work cut out to match what they did last season without Luis Suarez, no doubt about it. You can’t lose Suarez – a player who can win a football match on his own, which he did many a time for Liverpool – and not miss him. Brendan Rodgers says even without him they’re going to be stronger this year. They might be stronger at the back but you can’t lose a player of his quality up front and not miss him. If they had him this year they would be joint favourites with Chelsea and Man City for the title, especially with what they’ve added. But Daniel Sturridge – who scored their second on Sunday – has now scored 34 goals in his first 50 Premier League games for Liverpool. That’s a phenomenal strike rate