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Nicolas Pepe took an early bath on Sunday
It was another big weekend in football, in which Jose Mourinho once again showed how to properly park a bus, Liverpool set a new Anfield record, Erling Braut Haaland increased suspicions that he is not human and Arsenal conspired to put us to sleep.
1. Boring, boring Arsenal
Arsenal played out a 0-0 draw with Leeds on Sunday, in a game that could have been prescribed for insomnia.
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Fans could have watched this instead.
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The Gunners have now gone without a win in four of their past five games and they have scored only once in that time.
Perhaps the most notable moment was when Nicolas Pepe had a clash of heads off the ball with Leeds' Ezgjan Alioski, just after the break. Clearly, he'd seen enough and wanted out.
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There was a more uplifting moment before the game when Leeds were led out by a 13-year-old cancer patient as their mascot.
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2. Liverpool bring it home
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With injuries to lots of first-team players, Liverpool completed a straightforward 3-0 win over Leicester on Sunday, setting a new Anfield record under Jurgen Klopp.
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3. Everton are crowd-pleasers
Dominic Calvert-Lewin was back in the goals on Sunday, with a double in a 3-2 win over Fulham. He had a nice message for this fan too.
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And isn't this lovely - from a toff to a Toffee.
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Richarlison also made an immediate impact on his return from a three-match suspension, getting the assist for Calvert-Lewin's first.
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4. Fulham a team of two halves
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Meanwhile, Fulham, who have conceded twice as many goals as they've scored this season, continue to look unbalanced.
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5. The Golden Boy shines
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Erling Braut Haaland had a good weekend. On Saturday, he won the Golden Boy Award for Europe's best under-21 player. Later that day, he scored four goals, including a 15-minute hat-trick, to sink Hertha Berlin.
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6. Catch-22
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While we're on the subject of Dortmund wunderkids, this story behind Jude Bellingham's shirt number is either a massive compliment to the young man or an ingenious way of fobbing him off.
7. Someone had to say it
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With all the changes to the way we watch football since fans were last allowed in stadiums, you could almost be forgiven for failing to notice this seismic change - the introduction of goal music in various grounds around the UK!
8. Prime Mourinho
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Jose Mourinho produced another counter-attacking master class on Saturday to earn Tottenham another 2-0 win against Manchester City.
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The goals came from Son Heung-min and Giovanni lo Celso, who scored with his first contribution after being brought on.
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Meanwhile, Manchester City are a strange side to watch this season, enjoying most of the possession, but unable to score and determined to play dangerous sideways balls in front of Spurs' frontline.
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9. It's Sometimes Sunny in Wrexham
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In the National League, Wrexham had a good week. After Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were backed to take over as the club's new owners, a victory over Aldershot Town took them to just a point off National League play-offs.
10. In other bizarre celebrity/local UK team, cross-over news…
We're not really sure how this has come about
We were shook and delighted to discover that American actor Isiah Whitlock - aka Clay Davis - is a fan of Scottish League Two side Stenhousemuir FC. They play Queen's Park next Saturday and suffered a late loss to Annan Athletic on the weekend - after the latter scored in the 90th minute. You could say that the game… *clears throat *… went down to The Wire.
11. Cyber bullying
One of the stranger footballing stories from the weekend was that Manchester United were subject to a cyber-attack.
Conspiracy theories have flooded Twitter.
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12. The most wonderful time of the year
And, finally, as we creep up on Christmas, let's just enjoy the opportunity to revel in this, the most magical time for football.
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