Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez missed an 86th minute penalty as the Premier League champions were held to a 0-0 draw at Liverpool in their top of the table clash on Sunday.
City substitute Leroy Sane was brought down in the area by the lunging Virgil van Dijk but Algerian Mahrez blasted the spot kick high over the bar at Anfield.
Ross Barkley scored his first goal for Maurizio Sarri’s unbeaten Chelsea to help move them provisionally top of the Premier League in a 3-0 win at Southampton on Sunday.
The English midfielder pressed high to win back the ball and set up Hazard, the division’s top scorer, who netted his seventh of the league season after 30 minutes at St. Mary’s.
Aaron Ramsey produced a contender for goal of the season in Arsenal’s 5-1 rout of Fulham on Sunday to underline why he will be such a loss if, as expected, he leaves the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.
With manager Jose Mourinho’s job reportedly on the line, Manchester United finally discovered their missing spirit to battle back from two goals down to beat Newcastle United
City substitute Leroy Sane was brought down in the area by the lunging Virgil van Dijk but Algerian Mahrez blasted the spot kick high over the bar at Anfield.
The result leaves the pair level with Chelsea on 20 points although City stay top on goal difference with Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool side in third place.
A 90th-minute winner from Alexis Sanchez, one of the major disappointments of this season, completed the comeback which should ease the pressure on Mourinho.
Newcastle took the lead in the seventh minute, opening up United’s defence with ease after Ayoze Perez found Kenedy and the Brazilian burst goalwards before calmly drilling past David De Gea.
Three minutes later the visitors dTwo goals from Frenchman Alexandre Lacazette, a wonderful back-heeled strike from Aaron Ramsey and two more from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave Arsenal a 5-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage in the Premier League on Sunday.oubled their lead with Japanese forward Yoshinori Muto wriggling clear of Ashley Young and firing home.
There was a plethora of red cards in the Premier League on Saturday but nowhere was one more devastating than at Vicarage Road where 10-man Watford were humbled 4-0 by Bournemouth
David Brooks had already said that we set we can be disappointed it isn’t more. We could have been more clinical. But that gives more to work on. It is a big positive to win like this away from home,” Bournemouth striker Wilson said.
Cardiff City also had their numbers reduced at Wembley Stadium with Joe Ralls seeing red for a cynical challenge on Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Moura.
That did not stop the as yet winless side from giving a good example of themselves, creating good chances against a wasteful Spurs side.
However, Tottenham never looked in serious trouble and came through 1-0 winners thanks to Eric Dier’s early goal.
Ricardo Pereira’s drilled effort following a brisk counter-attack had cancelled out Richarlison’s early strike for the visitors at the King Power Stadium.
But with a numerical advantage, Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson made sure of all three points 13 minutes from time with a right-footed effort from just outside the area.
The Icelandic international’s 50th Premier League goal gave Marco Silva’s men their first away win of the season, 2-1.
Meanwhile, Huddersfield Town scored only their fourth goal of the season in a 1-1 draw at Burnley.
Sam Vokes headed in to give the home side the lead after 20 minutes. However, a second-half header from Christopher Schindler levelled the tie and made sure Huddersfield came off the bottom of the standings.
Wolverhampton Wanderers claimed a Premier League record by naming an unchanged first XI for their opening eight games of the season – and it paid dividends as they won 1-0 at Crystal Palace.
Matt Doherty found the bottom right corner from a difficult angle shortly before the hour mark as Palace’s struggles in front of goal continued.
