LONDON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba roadshow, better known as Manchester United, travel to London where their game away to West Ham United opens the seventh round of matches in the Premier League this weekend.
While West Ham have shown signs of recovery, Manchester United are in danger of turning into a soap opera after Pogba's criticism of Mourinho's tactics with a tweet urging "attack, attack, attack" after their 1-1 draw at home to Wolves last weekend.
Mourinho's response saw Pogba in the stands as United were dumped out of the league cup on penalties by Derby County before the coach announced the Frenchman had been stripped of the vice-captaincy at the club.
TV cameras then caught a training ground exchange between the two which was "frosty" to say the least and the question now remains whether or not Pogba will be in the team on Saturday and whatever Mourinho's decision it will be headline news.
Although West Ham - Man. Utd will gather the headlines, perhaps the key game of the day sees Chelsea entertain Liverpool.
Chelsea dumped Liverpool out of the league cup thanks to a wonderful Eden Hazard goal on Tuesday, but if Liverpool can maintain their 100 percent record in the Premier League after Saturday's visit to Stamford Bridge, we have to start seeing them as very serious title contenders.
Saturday also sees the two most expensive goalkeepers in the world in action against each other with Kepa Arrizabalaga in goal for Chelsea and Alisson between the posts for Liverpool.
Kepa has had a couple of shaky moments since joining Chelsea from Athletic Club Bilbao, but has yet to be really tested: something Mo Salah, Sane and Firminho will be looking to alter.
Expect Pep Guardiola to rotate his side as Manchester City host Brighton ahead of their Champions League visit to Hoffenheim, although they should still have too much for their rivals and could go top if Chelsea beat Liverpool.
Unai Emery's work is starting to bear fruit at Arsenal and although his side still lack fluidity in their passing, the numbers show they are becoming a physically tougher rival than in the last years under Arsene Wenger. A robust Watford with just one defeat so far will be a litmus test of Emery's work at the Emirates so far.
Tottenham ended a run of three defeats last week with a win at Brighton and will expect to warm up for FC Barcelona's visit to Wembley next week with what promises to be a comfortable home win against Huddersfield.
Huddersfield struggle to get forward in numbers, so the biggest challenge for Harry Kane and company will be scoring the first goal of the game.
Marco Silva needs his Everton side to perform to get early season critics off his back, while Wolves fresh from sowing chaos at Old Trafford, might expect to take advantage of Southampton's suspect defense.
Newcastle United face a crunch game in Saint James' Park against Leicester City. Newcastle have had a tough start to the season and used an ultra-defensive approach against sides such as Chelsea, Man. City, Tottenham and Arsenal, but with just four goals this season, coach Rafael Benitez will now have to change his tactics and go on the front foot against a rival who would see a draw as positive rather than two points lost.
Finally Cardiff City look for their first win of the season when they entertain Burnley, who got their first win against Bournemouth a week ago.
