Well it certainly seems that Pep Guardiola won't be suffering a Blue Monday.

Let's get some more positive vibes before hearing from Kieran McKenna...

Pep Guardiola was happy to see his Manchester City side go back to basics at Portman Road and rekindle their enjoyment of the game:

"A long time it didn't happen. We have got some good results lately but our games was not like today. The most important thing is the result, to climb a bit in the table to try for qualification for the Champions League.

"But it's not just about winning titles, it's the joy to do your best, whether you are a professional or amateur...the joy to play good, not just for the three points.

"I think today the players improved many things and hopefully they can begin to recognise ourselves again."

Right, you are up to speed now with reports from Sunday's games, let's hear from the managers, starting at Portman Road...

Gary Rose
BBC Sport

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Sunday's final game offered a timely warning to Manchester City's rivals as the defending Premier League champions looked like their old selves against struggling Ipswich at Portman Road.

After letting slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Brentford in their last league outing, Pep Guardiola's side returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion.

Phil Foden was particularly excellent as he scored twice and assisted another of the six goals, with his double coming in the first half.

Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and substitute James McAtee also found the net in a victory that moved City up to fourth on 38 points, while Ipswich remain in the bottom three with 16 points.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport

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Nottingham Forest moved level on points with second-placed Arsenal after withstanding an unlikely comeback by bottom club Southampton at the City Ground.

The hosts looked in total control with a 3-0 lead inside 41 minutes, following goals from Elliot Anderson, Callum Hudson-Odoi and a 14th of the season from Chris Wood.

A fortuitous Jan Bednarek goal for Saints and Paul Onuachu's thumping header - in the first of 12 added minutes - set up an unexpectedly tense finale.

Southampton, who had battled back brilliantly in the second half, then almost snatched an equaliser but Ola Aina spectacularly cleared Bednarek's header off the line.

Unbeaten now in eight league games with seven wins and a draw, Forest remain third on goal difference, while Southampton have lost 18 games this season, including all five league matches since Ivan Juric was appointed in December, and stay bottom of the table with six points.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Everton started the road to recovery under returning manager David Moyes and piled more pressure on his struggling Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou with an impressive victory at Goodison Park.

Spurs were shambolic for long periods as they were overrun by a resurgent Everton, who had won only three Premier League matches this season - scoring 15 goals - before this game.

Everton deservedly led 3-0 at the interval, then survived a late Spurs revival as the scoreline was given an appearance that did not reflect the difference between the sides.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin ended a barren Premier League scoring sequence stretching back to September - and lasting 1,288 minutes - when he turned Archie Gray twice in the area before leaving Spurs keeper Antonin Kinsky wrong-footed with a smart finish.

Everton added a second on the half-hour when Iliman Ndiaye twisted Radu Dragusin inside out before firing high past Kinsky and compounded Spurs' misery in first-half stoppage time when Gray turned into his own net after James Tarkowski's header took a touch off Calvert-Lewin.

Spurs pulled a goal back through Dejan Kulusevski's clever lofted finish with 13 minutes left, with former Everton striker Richarlison increasing the nerves by bundling home in injury time.

But the hosts held out for a deserved win on a day to savour for the returning Moyes.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

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Brighton capitalised on a disastrous mistake from Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana to condemn their hosts to a fourth defeat in five Premier League home games and leave Ruben Amorim's side rooted in the bottom half of the table.

The visitors were already leading thanks to goals from Yankuba Minteh and Kauro Mitoma when Onana came sliding out to collect a low Yasin Ayari cross.

It seemed an easy enough take but somehow Onana managed to grab the ball, then release it. Substitute Georginio Rutter could not believe his luck as he turned the ball into an empty net, with Onana left exasperated at his inexplicable failure.

It was hardly the way United's players would have wanted to mark the death of legendary striker Denis Law, but they deserved nothing more.

OK, that last post has to come with the admission that most of the messages we have been getting from you this morning have not come with positive vibes. Far from it.

The majority have questioned Ruben Amorim's thinking in describing his team as the worst in Manchester United's history, or called for an explanation as to just what is going on at Tottenham.

Just a reminder that Sunday's defeats left United in 13th place in the Premier League table, two points and two places better off than Spurs.

We will have a look at both matches - United's 3-1 loss at home to Brighton and Spurs' 3-2 defeat at Everton - in more detail next and bring you all the latest reaction, including a selection of your Get Involved messages.

Let's keep those positive vibes coming.

As an antidote to "Blue Monday", we asked you earlier for your happiest moments watching or playing football.

Here's a few to boost the mood...

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When Denis Law left Manchester United in 1973 they were in sharp decline.

He went on to score a famous backheel goal at Old Trafford for his new side Manchester City in 1974 on a day that United were last relegated from the top flight.

That fact should provide an important reminder for Ruben Amorim that, while he has dubbed his side as "maybe the worst in United's history", things have been worse.

Amorim was involved in a long conversation with former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson as he left the pitch following Sunday's tribute to Law.

According to Amorim, Ferguson told him to "keep positive".

The Scot should know.

In the 1989-90 season, his side had less points (24) at this stage of the campaign than Amorim's does now (26), yet went on to win the FA Cup - the first trophy of his reign.

The rest, they say, is history.

The Daily Mail

We finish our round-up of today's national newspapers with a bit of context from the Mail.

Before Sunday's 3-1 defeat at home to Brighton, Manchester United fans, including current and former players and staff, gathered at Old Trafford to pay a touching tribute to one of the club's greatest ever players, Denis Law, who was known as "the king".

Law died on Friday, aged 84.

He won the European Cup, two English titles and the FA Cup in his 11 years with Manchester United, and is the only Scottish player to have been awarded the Ballon d'Or.

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The Daily Express

The Express features an image of a sorry-looking Ruben Amorim next to a headline "Worst United team ever", but also finds space to mark Phil Foden's 100th career goal in Manchester City's 6-0 win at Ipswich, as well as a line on Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou being "ready to fight for his job".

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The Daily Star

Unsurprisingly, the tabloid newspapers have also gone to town on Ruben Amorim's headline-grabbing quote.

Let's run through them quickly, starting with the Star.

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The Daily Telegraph

Another broadsheet, another Manchester United headline.

The Telegraph says that Ruben Amorim "pulls no punches" after his side fell to a 10th league defeat of the season.

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The Times

Ange Postecoglou is doing his best to take the heat off Manchester United - and his Tottenham players.

It's not quite worked in the Times, with Ruben Amorim's headline-grabbing quotes handed top billing, but the Australian's admission after Spurs' 3-2 defeat at Everton has been given due prominence.

Spurs have been dubbed Dr Tottenham for their ability to help gift a result to teams struggling a poor run of form.

Well Tottenham's 12th defeat of their campaign ensured a first league win in seven matches for Everton, as well as a first since David Moyes returned to Goodison Park as manager.

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The Guardian

The Guardian has taken Ruben Amorim's comment and looked into the statistics to come up with this stark fact to back up the Manchester United manager's claim:

United's 3-1 loss at home to Brighton on Sunday was their sixth home Premier League defeat of the season, their most from their opening 12 home matches of a league season since 1893-94 (7).

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The colour might be wrong, but Blue Monday could be an apt description for Manchester United supporters this morning.

It certainly rings true for manager Ruben Amorim, who gave the gathering press their headline after Sunday's 3-1 defeat at home to Brighton by describing his side as "maybe the worst in the club's history":

"In [the past] 10 games in Premier League, we won two," said Amorim. "Imagine what this is for a fan of Manchester United. Imagine what this is for me.

"We are getting a new coach who is losing more than the last coach. I have full knowledge of that.

"We are the worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United. I know you [media] want headlines but I am saying that because we have to acknowledge that and to change that. Here you go: your headlines."

Well, the headline writers have duly obliged.

Let's have a quick look at a selection of this morning's newspapers...

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Could Saturday's results have been significant in the Premier League title race?

Darwin Nunez fired in two late goals at Brentford to heap the pressure on rivals Arsenal.

And Mikel Arteta's Gunners then let a two-goal lead slip at home to draw with Aston Villa.

Newcastle had threatened to challenge after going on a club-record nine-match winning run before their bubble was spectacularly burst by in-form Bournemouth, who claimed an impressive 4-1 victory at St James' Park.

That left the door open for Manchester City to climb back above Newcastle into the top four with a rejuvenating 6-0 win at Ipswich on Sunday.

Can Chelsea win at home to Wolves tonight to move back above them both into a Champions League qualification spot?