THINGS WE LEARNED IN THE PREM THIS WEEKEND

Palace striker Jordan Ayew’s goals this season have won his side 12 points. Only Andy Johnson in 2004-05 (15) won more in one Premier League season for the Eagles.

Jarrod Bowen became the first English player to score on his PL debut for West Ham since Kevin Nolan in August 2012.

Watford’s win over Liverpool was the biggest over a side starting the day top of the PL table by a team in the relegation zone since Leicester beat Manchester United 3-0 on November 23rd 1985.

Relief on Arsenal’s offical Twitter account after Liverpool fell short of their 49-game unbeaten run – a topflight record – and missed out on the chance to match the 2004 ‘Invincibles’.

GIVEN the odds stacked against Aston Villa there was always a chance Jack Grealish might have found himself upstaged at Wembley yesterday – by the result if nothing else.

Yet Villa’s captain was not only outshone by the collective glow of a better team in Manchester City but by one individual who looked the brightest talent on show.

It may be pushing it to suggest Phil Foden could be a late bolter for Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2020 squad given his lack of opportunities for first-team action at City under Pep Guardiola. But on this display he should not only be considered but figure more often than not for City in a run-in which could still see his club lift three pieces of silverware.

Grealish had made no bones about his ambition to further his international ambitions before the end of the season, and he should make the England squad for this month’s friendlies against Denmark and

Italy. Grealish said in the Wembley programme: “When you look back on your career you don’t remember assists or anything like that. You look back on what you’ve won.

“I want to win cups and to be an England regular is a target for the near future.”

There was no silverware for him yesterday – as City lifted their fifth League Cup in seven years – but there were some flashes of the talent which has put him on the cusp.

Two neat passes early on and a crunching challenge to block a cross from Ilkay Gundogan promised much.

However, those who had come to see him sprinkle stardust on the showpiece