Jose Mourinho must stay close to his Manchester United players... he loses his patience too quickly now and Jack Wilshere can be Arsenal's beacon going forwards — TACKLE KEOWN

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Antonio Conte may not have been afforded the same luxury when it comes to players as previous Chelsea managers but he has by no means been a pauper when compared to what other clubs have to spend.

It is all about timing - does this tell us that Roman Abramovich is not prepared to spend a great deal on players with a new stadium in the offing?

It can be a dangerous game when you are quite so open but Conte is tough talking, to the point and does not mince his words. It is refreshing that he is willing to do that in public.

Arsenal are very vulnerable in defence. Gabriel was allowed to leave at the start of the season. He was Arsenal’s best out-and-out defender alongside Laurent Koscielny and is better than those playing at the moment.

Arsene Wenger went with two young centre backs in Rob Holding and Calum Chambers. Holding passed the ball well but Chambers was giving it away a lot more. He was getting the basics wrong.

It has been a difficult road for Chambers. I do not think it is the end of the road with him but there are certain things missing in his development that need to be put right quickly.

I do feel Ainsley Maitland-Niles has a promising future. He was a bit too casual in the first half against Chelsea and needed to be more aggressive and do things quicker, but he pinched it off Hazard a couple of times and you gain my respect when you do that!

Look at the Eden Hazard penalty incident on Wednesday night. Yes, Hector Bellerin made contact with Hazard's foot and the referee gave a penalty.

But Hazard was very clever. Another referee might have thought there was no way a player could fall like that from a kick on the toe, or need to be holding their shin.

Suppose we had VAR and the referee had not given the penalty. Someone in his ear decides to review the incident and from there it is all down to interpretation.

You would lose a feeling for what is happening in the game, the human element becomes less and less and the referee on the field is discredited.

I am enjoying seeing Manchester United try to rekindle what they had under Sir Alex Ferguson - and Jose Mourinho will give them their best chance of doing so.

The Premier League now is like when Mourinho and Pep Guardiola were going head-to-head in La Liga. It seems that if Mourinho cannot win he will throw his toys out of the pram and run off but it is too early for him to leave.

Manchester United’s three recent draws have meant that the Premier League title race is no longer competitive. We need United to be creating that competition.

I thought he handled the situation a lot better after the draw with Southampton. He did not hammer his players and kept his words to a minimum.

What has made Mourinho so successful? It has been his incredible relationship with his players. I remember seeing a video when Mourinho left Inter Milan where he and one of his players were grieving.

It is important that Mourinho stays close to his players. Now, he seems to lose patience with them very quickly.

It seems as if the Premier League are wringing every last drop of air time and coverage for the Christmas fixtures.

I find it astonishing that we are only a day away from the third round of the FA Cup and yet there is still a Premier League game to be played.

When it comes to scheduling, we have to afford the FA Cup a little more respect.

Teams do not have our sympathy when they make wholesale changes for the FA Cup.

Bournemouth changed their entire team for their third-round tie against Millwall last season and were beaten 3-0.

I do not think Nottingham Forest will play a weakened team against Arsenal. They have a group of good, young players such as Joe Worrall, Matthew Cash and Ben Brereton.

Burnley, who have made very few changes this season, may be tempted to do so when they play Manchester City.

The question everyone at the club has to ask is, ‘Do we want to win the FA Cup?’ The answer for me would always be yes and I would not want to take the weekend off.

Let's not worry about Jack Wilshere and England at the moment. What is more important now is that he is back as a force for Arsenal.

The situation with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil has created a flat feeling. Ozil was excellent in flashes on Wednesday night against Chelsea but every bit of brilliance from these two feels hollow because they do not want to be at the club.

There were issues with the celebrations when Sanchez scored against Crystal Palace but that was not the case when Wilshere scored on Wednesday night.

You could see how much his goal meant to everyone, including the substitutes. Wilshere is the figurehead in this dressing room now.

Wilshere is proving he is ready for every game now. While it will be a lot of pressure on his shoulders, he can be the beacon for Arsenal going forwards.

There has been so much doom and gloom surrounding Sanchez and Ozil. With Wilshere’s return, suddenly there is a future again at Arsenal.

Harry Kane has to be in the top 10 best-paid players in the country - but he cannot become the Premier League's best-paid player while at Tottenham because he is not at the richest club.

Brian Clough once told me that you cannot find utopia in football. You cannot have everything your own way and you have to strike the right balance.

While Tottenham have to operate within their means, they have created the environment in which Kane has flourished.

Kane would only leave Tottenham for a Real Madrid or Barcelona but everything is here for him in the Premier League. This league has the best managers and Kane can set records here.

Tottenham and Kane have to strike a happy medium when it comes to his contract. While Kane cannot become the Premier League’s best-paid player at Spurs, the club can still show him they are looking after him financially as much as they can.

They can also give him huge bonuses for if Tottenham win trophies to reward his loyalty for sticking with them.

Manchester City’s next big test in the Premier League is at Anfield. Liverpool could pose the biggest challenge to City for the rest of the season.

This time last year Liverpool were second in the league just five points behind Chelsea but you felt they were overachieving.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola were used to a rest period in Germany and by the end of Christmas, the former looked exhausted.

His team hit a wall but this time he has paced himself better. Liverpool look like they are raring to go for the second half of the season.

Last season Liverpool lacked depth but against Burnley Klopp was able to play Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Dominic Solanke - players who have not featured regularly - and still claim three points.

With or without Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool have enough to be dangerous against City.

Chelsea are the highest placed of the Premier League London clubs... and the table doesn’t lie!

While they have lost to West Ham this season, they have also beaten Manchester United. It does not seem like Chelsea are enjoying their football as much as they were last season. The manager is conveying that he is not getting enough support.

They probably should have beaten Arsenal on Wednesday night. I know Thibaut Courtois did well but when you have three or four one-vs-ones in a game you should win.

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