The positives fail to override the negatives for Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham. But Everton really look to have cocked it all up again.
Brighton are the masters but Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth absolutely smashed it. Newcastle and the promoted clubs can be happy, too.
Another weekend of Premier League refereeing complaints, with a dash of football getting in the way, brought mixed results for Moyes, Newcastle and Everton.
Tottenham are fun again, Brighton are At It Again, JWP is perfect for West Ham, but problems a-brewing at Manchester United, Chelsea and Everton.
Newcastle and Arsenal are taking different pages out of the Manchester City playbook. Jurgen Klopp wishes he could afford to and Everton can only dream.
That was an achievement in ineptitude from Chelsea and Todd Boehly, with Southampton somehow in a better way than Leicester and Liverpool and Spurs failing.
Pep Guardiola dominated, about 10 managers overachieved, Brighton and Brentford were brilliant and even Arsenal bottled their way to stunning progress.
Spurs and Leeds should be admired for their refusal to learn lessons, while Manchester City have broken Arsenal and Brentford and Brighton are brilliant.
Southampton get both barrels for surrendering to the Championship, with Spurs so desperate to look like the wisest people in the room they fail to see their idiocy.
Liverpool may yet join Arsenal in next season’s Champions League, particularly if Newcastle continue playing like that and Erik ten Hag keeps making errors.
Brighton and Bournemouth are booming, while Callum Wilson predicted his brilliance. But Leeds are sliding towards the abyss as a ‘broken’ club in the ‘sh*t’.
Pep Guardiola truly was masterful against his stubborn Arsenal apprentice. Serge Aurier is doing what Javi Gracia cannot in the relegation battle.
Eddie Howe is working wonders at Newcastle, who are ready to replace Spurs in the Champions League. Lucas Paqueta has arrived just as Arsenal are leaving.
Unai Emery, Roy Hodgson and Gary O’Neil are showing that mid-season manager appointments can work. Chelsea genuinely might get relegated with theirs.
Roy Hodgson proved that no-one can read a team quite like him, while Chelsea’s fourth manager of the season brought no change to their fortunes.
Arsenal and City rumble on at the top, Newcastle take control of the CL chase while further down the league it was Sacking Sunday…
Mikel Arteta, Javi Gracia and Sean Dyche are working wonders, with Jacob Ramsey and Theo Walcott thriving. But Graham Potter, Spurs and Wolves can do better
Patrick Vieira and David Moyes look increasingly unequipped to turn around sinking ships, while Gary O’Neil embarrassed Liverpool and Leandro Trossard shone.
Liverpool should bask in the glow of thrashing Man Utd to the extent that Bruno Fernandes’ future must be questioned. Arsenal justified Mikel Arteta’s faith
Graham Potter and Conor Coady are clinging onto their positions, while Naby Keita is done at Liverpool. Flowers go to Javi Gracia, Spurs and David Moyes.
Arsenal made the midweek talk look silly, with a helping foot from Erling Haaland. Steve Cooper is repaying the sort of faith Potter and Moyes are testing.
Lopetegui, Rashford and Toney all win this week, while one of the big losers may be the blood pressure of Arsenal supporters after two without a win.
A remarkable Premier League weekend has Sean Dyche and Harry Kane in their rightful places, with Nathan Jones and Jurgen Klopp damned by their own words.
Arsenal pivoted to brilliant effect, Chelsea bent FFP to their will and Man Utd were smart in the face of adversity. But Brighton are the new masters.
There must have been something in the transfer water on Merseyside because Everton and Liverpool had diabolical windows. Moises Caicedo’s wasn’t much better.
Everton are showing a little too much generosity to those around them on their way to the Championship. Nayef Aguerd and Unai Emery are leading revivals.
It was a shameful weekend for both halves of Merseyside while Marcus Rashford steps into the Cristiano Ronaldo breach for Manchester United…
Brentford and Brighton are showing everyone how it should be done. Everton and Southampton are irrefutably not. And Liverpool have lost their Midas touch.
But Arsenal are obviously top because that’s who they are now. Man Utd and Ashley Young are thriving. West Ham, Nathan Jones and Harvey Elliott are not.
Your Boxing Day Premier League winners and losers features two guys called Eddie, several struggling managers and Spurs in both camps.