Chelsea are beaten yet again, Jamie Vardy scores again and Aston Villa lose again. That's not to say it was a predictable weekend in the Premier League, but whatever pressure was on the teams around the foot of the table has just been ramped up.

1) Mourinho surely will have his sights set on the officials

West Ham 2-1 Chelsea

Three weeks ago Jose Mourinho gave one of the most amazing and baffling (in equal measure) post match interviews in the history of the Premier League.

It was a seven minute assault on the officials, but he will have no argument here. A second bookable offence meant that Nemanja Matic couldn't stay on the pitch and furthermore, if you have the quality to drag yourself back into the game to get an equaliser, you have to be able to defend what you have.

Image: John Walton / PA Wire/Press Association Images

The fatigue of playing midweek football may have taken it's toll on the side, but you would expect that once again that Mourinho will look to blame someone else.

Officials beware.

2) Sherwood's days begin to look numbered

Aston Villa 1-2 Swansea

Its not quite as bad as coughing up a two goal lead to lose 3-2 at Leicester City, but this game was there for the taking were it not for Villa's porous back line.

Based on recent form, Swansea haven't been a great side. Add to that the fact that they only played on Monday evening and were forced to travel to play Aston Villa, and there may have been an element of tiredness within their squad.

Sherwood and his team should have been prepped, but yet again a poor defensive display has left him cursing his side's inability to hold on to the point they had.

Image: Scott Heavey / PA Wire/Press Association Images

A superb Gylfi Sigurdsson free kick leveled proceedings just after the hour mark and an Andrew Ayew goal three minutes before full time meant that his side slumped to their sixth defeat in a row (their eighth of the season) and he is now surely inching towards the exit door at Villa Park.

3) Stoke missing consistency

Stoke 0-2 Watford

A wonderful Monday night performance against Swansea might have seen Stoke take this fixture for granted. An early goal in that game meant they could sit back and defend what they had, and they tried to play more openly this afternoon.

However, they were put to the sword by Troy Deeney's well taken opener after 43 minutes, which was closely followed by Almen Abdi sealing the win for Watford.

Credit to the visitors, their play going forward does mean they're well worth the win, but Stoke seem to be struggling to strike the right balance between open attacking play defensive solidity, with the latter being something that would have been a real strength of theirs over recent seasons.

4) Jamie Vardy is a game changer

Leicester 1-0 Crystal Palace

Two teams who have enjoyed great starts to the season, this looked to be one of the most difficult to predict fixtures on the lineup today.

Both sides have leaked goals and both have shown real creativity in midfield, but the difference on the day is that their front line and at this moment in time, Leicester have the most potent attacking player in the League.

Vardy found the net for the seventh consecutive game and boosted his tally to 10 goals in total.

Image: Nigel French / PA Wire/Press Association Images

Everything that will be said about him has been said already, but it will be interesting to see what level of consistency he can maintain. He needs previous few chances needed to get a goal and with the cast of players around him, such as Rihyad Mahrez and Nathan Dyer, supplying him with plenty of opportunities, you can't help but feel that he's this season's player to watch.

Harry Kane who?

5) West Brom stop the rot with crucial away win

Norwich City 0-1 West Brom 

This isn't to say that Tony Pulis' side aren't in a relegation battle, but after three games in all competitions without a win, the Albion fans needed something to sing about.

The travelling faithful were rewarded with a hard fought win at Norwich, a side coming off the back of a 6-2 drubbing by Newcastle United.

Salomon Rondon was the man who scored, as the powerful forward did his best to justify his label as the club's most expensive player. The goal was typical of his style: he brushed his man off to head home from close range and then West Brom sat back to defend their lead. 

Image: Stephen Pond / PA Wire/Press Association Images

A win for them and a third loss on the bounce for Alex Neil means that the tag of "in crisis" now hops from one club to another. Funny how that can happen.