Everybody thought Jose Mourinho would come in at Manchester United — along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba — wave his magic wand and everything would be fine.

But after three defeats in a row the cracks are beginning to show. He keeps changing his team around and it looks like he doesn’t have a clue what his best XI is.

With Juan Mata in the starting line-up, United won all three of their Premier League games this season. But they haven’t won since Mourinho dropped him for the Manchester Derby — a decision which now looks like a mistake.

Manchester United have fallen to three consecutive defeats under Jose Mourinho

Mourinho needs to show the fans he is the manager to turn them into title challengers

Then there’s Mourinho’s comments about Luke Shaw, claiming publicly that he’s not learning from his mistakes.

Well, of course he’s going to make mistakes — he was out of the game for a year, and to be dug out by his manager afterwards is the last thing the 21-year-old needs.

You never saw Sir Alex Ferguson doing this, and it’s exactly the sort of thing United fans were afraid would happen when Mourinho was appointed.

He needs to learn from his past experiences and show the fans he is the manager to turn them back into Premier League title challengers.

SPURS LOOKING LIGHT UP FRONT

It was only thanks to a scrappy winner from Harry Kane that Tottenham scraped past Sunderland at home yesterday, and the England striker needs some of his team-mates to start chipping in around him.

Two 20-goal seasons have put pressure on Kane to deliver for Tottenham, and Vincent Janssen was brought in to take some of the burden off the 23-year-old’s shoulders.

It’s one thing dominating in the Dutch league, but Spurs fans are an unforgiving bunch so he needs to start scoring soon.

Harry Kane needs some of his Tottenham team-mates to start chipping in around him

TIME FOR OXFORD

West Ham have shipped 13 goals in their five Premier League games — including four in each of their last two games — and I think it’s time for Slaven Bilic to give Reece Oxford a go.

The 17-year-old defender was in my 10 to watch this season as he’s a very talented boy and I think he’ll be an international one day, but he needs to get his chance and sometimes this only happens when your team are struggling.

Bilic could even give him a go in midfield, where he played when West Ham beat Arsenal on the opening day of last season — anything to get him some game time and give his side some fresh impetus. And there’s nothing fans love more than to see one of their own on the pitch.

Reece Oxford needs a chance and sometimes this only happens when the team is struggling

GARETH'S EVERGREEN

Playing 600 games in the Premier League is some achievement from Gareth Barry!

He’s a player who never makes a fuss and has been many managers’ first name on the team sheet.

I played against him when he was 16 and already lining up in midfield for Aston Villa. He was an intelligent player and technically gifted, but I feared he would struggle to make it due to his lack of pace.

Even this season, with a new manager and a quicker style of football at Everton, I thought it might be too much for the 35-year-old. But, as he showed with his goal against Middlesbrough, he’s still got plenty to offer. We talk about how football is only for real athletes these days, but Barry’s continued success shows that’s not the case.

Gareth Barry never makes a fuss and has been many managers' first name on the team sheet

CITY SLICKERS LIGHTING IT UP

You can’t compare what’s going on at the two Manchester clubs this season — City are playing some absolutely sublime football under Pep Guardiola.

They look unrecognisable from last season, when it seemed like they could only win with either Sergio Aguero or Vincent Kompany in the side.

The perfect example of their new style was their second goal on Saturday, shown by our graphic. Kelechi Iheanacho passed to Nolito deep in the City half and the Spaniard picked out the run of Kevin De Bruyne, who carried the ball forward and found Raheem Sterling.

The England man squared to Iheanacho, who continued his run from his own half and finished off a rapid counter-attack.

A graphic showing how Manchester City scored their second goal against Bournemouth

Manchester City are playing some absolutely fine football under manager Pep Guardiola

HENDERSON HAS IT ALL!

I voiced my concern for Liverpool’s consistency last week, but they’ve now earned seven points from visits to Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea this season.

Aside from the defeat by Burnley, Jurgen Klopp’s side have made a brilliant start to 2016-17, and they made Chelsea look pedestrian during their 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge on Friday.

When you see a goal as good as Jordan Henderson’s (above) you always want it to be the winner, as it would be forgotten if Liverpool had gone on to lose the game.

To set the ball outside the far post and get it to curl back in with dip and over a keeper as good as Thibaut Courtois takes some serious skill. I don’t think I’ve seen a better strike this season — and you can bet it’ll be shown before every Chelsea-Liverpool game from now on.

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I’ve always liked Henderson. He can pass, tackle and works hard — as shown by our stats (left) — but in the past I felt he was missing that little bit of stardust.

You need something special to fill the void left by Steven Gerrard in that midfield, and if he can produce more wonder goals like this one he will go a long way towards filling that role.

If Jordan Henderson can produce more wonder goals, he will go along way to filling the role of Steven Gerrard

PALACE FLYING BUT STOKE ARE SINKING

Crystal Palace were excellent in their 4-1 demolition of Stoke, and they look like a team you wouldn’t want to play at the moment.

When the players are confident and the fans are making noise they can be so tough to play against, and they can cause any team in the league problems when they’re on one of those runs.

It’s a bit early for Alan Pardew to be dancing on the touchline though! He should keep his moves in the locker until the end of the season.

In contrast, these look like worrying times for Stoke. They’ve had a dreadful start to the season and I’m not sure what Mark Hughes can do to stop the rot.

Perhaps with the exception of Giannelli Imbula — who hasn’t done much since his £18m move in January — Hughes is playing his strongest team at the moment. What’s the switch that can get them going again?

Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace look like a team no other side would want to play at the moment

SIGN UP SANCHEZ

He may have missed a penalty, but Alexis Sanchez was integral to Arsenal’s victory against Hull.

He chipped in with two goals, taking his tally to three for the season, and it’s imperative that Arsenal can convince him to sign a new deal before his current contract runs out in 2018.

It’s not just about how much he brings to the team; tying him down would be a statement of intent and help the club to add more world-class talent.

They’ll find it very difficult to do so if they start losing their best players again, as occurred when Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri and Alex Song all left in the space of two seasons.