Five things we learned from the weekend’s Premier League

We peek at the impact of the latest round

Hull City’s problems grow

Hull were brushed aside by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and it was another match in which they failed to score, and another two goals in the against tally. The Tigers have now conceded 47 this season, six in the first three games of the year.

We saw a horror injury to Ryan Mason, who suffered a fractured skull, rushed from the pitch to St Mary’s hospital. Everyone involved in sport wish him a full recovery. His absence will also be felt on the football pitch and Hull are edging ever-closer to Championship football.

Costa is back

Diego Costa returned to the Chelsea starting line-up after a suspicious injury, and marked his comeback with a goal. The want-away attacker broke the deadlock in first-half stoppage time, but could have been on the scoresheet in the first 30-seconds, charging through from the kick-off.

It appears likely The Blues will hold onto their star-man until the end of the season, with everyone chipping in to get Chelsea home and hosed in this title race. They are certainly a better team with Costa around. Favourites to win the league at 4/11.

Liverpool stumble again

Another week and more dropped points from Liverpool, with fans seeing their title challenge fade fast. That 3-2 loss to Swansea – the Welsh club threatened with relegation – was Liverpool’s third game in-a-row without a win, after drawing vs Sunderland and Man Utd.