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Premier League grades: Alan Curbishley offers his verdict

Manchester City's Fernandinho celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game
Image: Fernandinho capped an impressive first-half display, heading in Man City's second against West Ham

This weekend presented Premier League clubs with the final chance to get points on the board before the international break.

Now the time has come to see whether your team lived up to expectation.

We've asked former Charlton and West Ham manager Alan Curbishley 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+, an F, or somewhere in between? Read on to see how your club got on...

Premier League results (Matchweek 3)

  • Spurs 1-1 Liverpool
  • Chelsea 3-0 Burnley
  • Crystal Palace 1-1 Bournemouth
  • Everton 1-0 Stoke
  • Leicester 2-1 Swansea
  • Southampton 1-1 Sunderland
  • Watford 1-3 Arsenal
  • Hull 0-1 Man Utd
  • West Brom 0-0 Middlesbrough
  • Man City 3-1 West Ham

Manchester City - A

When a new manager comes in you look for signs of what he's trying to achieve, and we can already see that from Pep Guardiola. The first-half performance against West Ham was breathtaking at times, and City deservedly moved to the top of the Premier League.

Arsenal - B

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Arsenal are clearly still a team to be reckoned with. Slowly but surely it would seem they are getting there after a difficult defeat to Liverpool on the opening day. Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil looked on top form at Vicarage Road, which is ominous for the rest of the Premier League.

Mesut Ozil celebrates his goal in Arsenal's Premier League win at Watford with Nacho Monreal and Santi Cazorla
Image: Mesut Ozil celebrates his goal as Arsenal stormed into a 3-0 lead at Watford

Chelsea - B

Chelsea were very professional and efficient against Burnley, they got the job done to make it three wins out of three under Antonio Conte.

Everton - B

Ronald Koeman is trying to stamp his authority on Everton and you could see signs of that even at this early stage with an attack-minded display against Stoke.

Everton's Leighton Baines and Everton's Ross Barkley celebrate Stoke City goalkeeper Shay Given scoring an own goal
Image: Leighton Baines (left) is congratulated after his penalty goes in off Stoke 'keeper Shay Given

Hull City - B

Hull deserve an A for their start to the season but just came up short against Manchester United. They were so close to extending their unbeaten start to the season until Marcus Rashford's last-minute goal, which would have been hard to take.

Leicester City - B

Jamie Vardy's goal will have given Leicester a lot of confidence. Teams looking at how Leicester played last year will be set up to try and stop that precise thing, so for them to pull it off capped a solid performance for the champions.

Jamie Vardy of Leicester City celebrates scoring his sides first goal during the Premier League match
Image: Jamie Vardy rounded off a fine counter attack for his first goal of the season

Manchester United - B

Not a vintage performance from United by any stretch of the imagination but they've been efficient and got the job done. They're by no means the finished article despite claiming three wins from their first three games, there is more to come from United.

Middlesbrough - B

Middlesbrough have made a solid return to the Premier League. When you're a newly-promoted side and you go away from home and pick a point up that's good enough. A point in the bag away from home is job done as far as I'm concerned.

Darren Fletcher and Alvaro Negredo challenge for the ball during West Brom's Premier League match against Middlesbrough.
Image: Boro left The Hawthorns with a point after a frustrating goalless draw

Bournemouth - C

It's always difficult for newly-promoted sides in their second season but, by and large, Bournemouth have done well. To be undone by a late goal for the second week in a row, though, would have been hard to take.

Liverpool - C

They were so exciting going forward at White Hart Lane, just as they were at Arsenal on the opening day. But Liverpool have still got their defensive problems. It will be interesting to see how Jurgen Klopp addresses those while trying to retain their attacking quality.

James Milner celebrates scoring Liveprool's first goal of the game
Image: James Milner celebrates scoring a first-half penalty at Spurs

Southampton - C

Southampton have coped brilliantly losing both managers and players in recent season but I fear things may be catching up with them. It was a goalkeeping error that saw them salvage a point against Sunderland after an average showing.

Sunderland - C

Having been minutes away from getting a point at Man City, and minutes away from a result at St. Mary's, Sunderland will be so disappointed. Jermain Defoe was in the goals again which will come as a boost, while Jordan Pickford had a great game until Jay Rodriguez's shot beat him at the end. David Moyes is still looking for his first win but there's positives there for Sunderland.

Jermain Defoe of Sunderland celebrates scoring his side's goal
Image: Jermain Defoe scored his second goal of the season at St Mary's

Tottenham - C

Spurs haven't hit the ground running, and Saturday's performance wasn't a patch on what we saw last season. Having said that they haven't been disastrous and they fought back to claim a decent point against a strong Liverpool side.

Burnley - D

When you consider Burnley's expectation levels you wouldn't expect them to pick up anything at Stamford Bridge, and that was the case on Saturday where they were outplayed. They've had a tough start but managed to get that victory against Liverpool so it hasn't been all doom and gloom for Sean Dyche's men.

Eden Hazard of Chelsea scores his sides first goal
Image: Burnley were outclassed from first minute to last at Stamford Bridge

Crystal Palace - D

Having got to the FA Cup final last year more is expected from this Crystal Palace squad but things aren't clicking at the moment. They're below expectation but did well to get something against Bournemouth, producing an improved second-half display.

Stoke City - D

Stoke were unfortunate to concede in the manner in which they did but I think even they would agree that their performance at Goodison Park was below-par.

Shay Given of Stoke City reacts after failing to save the penalty
Image: Shay Given lies crestfallen after his own goal hands Everton victory

Swansea City - D

Perhaps confidence at Swansea is a bit fragile - it lifted as soon as they scored a goal which suggests it needs working on. Until that point they were second best against Leicester as they continued their inconsistent start to the season.

Watford - D

Perhaps the continual changes of managers and playing staff is catching up with Watford too. Having said that, they came up against an Arsenal side who were simply superior and would have been a match for any Premier League team, particularly in the first half.

Troy Deeney of Watford controls the ball infront of Granit Xhaka
Image: Watford's attack was suffocated by Arsenal at Vicarage Road

West Brom - D

West Brom are crying out for some players and I fully suspect Tony Pulis to do so before Deadline Day. They looked lost for ideas against Boro and rarely threatened the newly-promoted side. 

West Ham - D

West Ham were outplayed in the first half at the Etihad Stadium but I did see signs of improvement after the break when, instead of being set up to contain City, they started thinking about their own game. They've had a tough start to the season and they clearly need their big players back.

West Ham United's English midfielder Michail Antonio (R) heads West ham's first goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester Ci
Image: Michail Antonio scored a consolation for West Ham at Manchester City

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