For the third week running, the Premier League served up a feast of entertainment despite the best efforts of the ridiculous handball rule to spoil the party, threatening to blight the entire season.
Referees were being put in an impossible situation in which they and everybody else knew an incident was not handball, but it had to be given because that's what the rules said.
Fortunately, there has been such an outcry at some of the absurd decisions that in a mid-week meeting involving Premier League club executives and the International Football Association Board (Ifab), the body which sets the rules, it was agreed that referees be given more leeway in making their decisions.
It is just a tweak, but under the new ruling, several penalties, which had been given in the past few weeks, would have been ruled out, primarily those when a player was penalised for handball despite being in such close proximity they had no chance to react.
Ironically, the Eric Dier incident, which sparked the biggest outrage when the Spurs defender's arm was hit at close range after an Andy Carroll header, would still stand as a penalty.
The rule, which says it is a penalty if a player's hands are above his shoulder when struck, remains.
As it's impossible to jump to head a ball without raising your hands as leverage, it is likely we will be experiencing more controversy.
Frankly, it would be better just to leave all handball decisions to referees simply using common sense to decide whether a handball is worthy of a penalty or not, with the refs making use of VAR if they so desire and checking with the pitch-side terminal.
There would still be wrong decisions, but the standard of refereeing is high and it has to be better than abiding by a rule that doesn't make any sense.
Under the rules used so far this season, the referee was supposed to decide if a player has made their body "unnaturally bigger" in using their hands to stop the ball.
One thing for sure, there can't be anything more unnatural than seeing defenders running around with their arms behind their backs, as if they have just been arrested.
Undoubtedly, the reaction of managers and former players to the most controversial decisions last weekend helped prompt the relaxation in the rules.
Even Steve Bruce, whose Newcastle benefited from the farcical ruling which earned them a point, knew it wasn't right.
"It's a nonsense of a rule," he admitted.
Everyone was eagerly waiting to see how Jose Mourinho would react after storming down the tunnel in an understandable huff just before the end.
Fortunately, he cooled down, knowing that if he said what he felt, he would face a heavy fine.
Mourinho refused to comment apart from observing: "If I want to give money away I would rather give it to charity than the FA."
The most damning reaction came from former England and Newcastle star Alan Shearer who called the handball rule "stupid and ridiculous."
A clearly annoyed Shearer added: "Everybody is losing patience with the new rule."
Former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher called it an "absolute joke".
Enough of handball. There was still plenty of entertainment in what is turning out to be quite a spectacular start to the season considering the circumstances.
There was an extraordinary game at the Hawthorns where Chelsea, after an abysmal first half display, managed to scrape a 3-3 draw against West Bromwich Albion.
It was also the first drawn game of the new season, with Spurs and Newcastle also sharing the spoils the following day.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard should dump that terrible third-choice kit which resembles the Crystal Palace uniform after the colours have run.
If Chelsea need any advice on decent looking uniforms they should take a look at Leicester City's stylish maroon kit which looks very smart.
The shirt also informs us that "Thailand Smiles With You." Leicester's theme song is When You're Smiling.
Leicester had good reason to smile after their stunning 5-2 defeat of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
The Foxes were impressive, especially Jamie Vardy who seems to run faster the older he gets.
Leicester also became the first team in the Premier League to score from three penalties in one match.
There seems to be no end to the surprises.
In the Brighton v Manchester United game, a match-winning penalty was awarded, and converted, after the final whistle.
Now that has to be a first. Another first in the same game was Brighton hitting the woodwork five times.
What was not a first, however, was Liverpool outplaying Arsenal at Anfield.
It's early days of course, but Liverpool are already looking capable of leaving the rest of the pack in their wake.
England v Scotland
The annual football clash in Bangkok between English and Scottish expats kicks off at 3.30pm this afternoon at Patana International School.
The teams will be vying for the Alex Forbes Memorial Anglo Scottish Cup.
This match is always a highly entertaining encounter and the English will be out to avenge last year's 4-3 defeat.
Awards will be presented in the evening at O'Shea's, Sukhumvit 33/1.