7Arsenal took the chance to open up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday and Newcastle beat Manchester United 1-0 to climb above them in the table.
Everton enjoyed their first win since being docked 10 points as they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0, while Burnley earned home points for the first time this season by hammering Sheffield United who ended the day rock bottom after a 5-0 thrashing.
Early goals by Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard put Arsenal in control against Wolves at The Emirates but Mikel Arteta’s side had to withstand a late rally by the visitors.
Arsenal now hold their largest lead of the table since April when they were five clear of eventual champions Manchester City.
Arteta needs no reminding of how that title race panned out with his side ultimately collapsing, but they are again showing the consistency to sustain a long challenge.
Arsenal have 33 points from 14 games with City and Livrrpool on 30 and Aston Villa on 29 and Tottenham on 27 points.
“It’s been a good week with some good results. We’re there at the top and we have to keep improving and keep pushing,” Arsenal skipper Odegaard said. “The schedule is tough, but almost the whole season is tough.”
Anthony Gordon scored the only goal in Newcastle’s deserved 1-0 victory over Manchester United.
The Red Devils fell to seventh after a lacklustre performance from the visitors until the final desperate minutes.
It marked the first time since January 1922 the Magpies have won three consecutive games in all competitions against Manchester United.
Newcastle’s victory capped a solid eight days that saw them beat Chelsea 4-1 and then draw 1-1 with Paris St Germain in the Champions League.
“I couldn’t be happier with the players tonight,” manager Eddie Howe told TNT Sports. “The performances we put in against three top teams were brilliant so that will give confidence, and when we get some players back we can push on even further.”
Gordon netted his sixth league goal this season in the second half, with a simple finish at the far post from a Kieran Trippier cross after United’s defence switched off.
By the time Everton kicked off at the City Ground, they were bottom — courtesy of Burnley’s win and the 10-point sanction for breaking Premier League financial sustainability rules.
Sean Dyche’s team responded with a battling victory secured by Dwight McNeil’s powerful finish in the 67th minute and resolute defending as Forest threw everything into attack.
“Our mentality was excellent,” Dyche told the BBC. “It’s a restart. It’s a step in the right direction, but there are plenty more steps to go.
“I think we’re having a solid season. Seventeen points would have been a fairly healthy return. Of course it’s changed, but the mentality and the performance levels are right.”
Burnley could hardly have had a better opportunity to register their first points at Turf Moor since gaining promotion and they took it in emphatic fashion, their 5-0 win the joint best by a side starting the day bottom of the Premier League.
Vincent Kompany’s side, the only one in the top four divisions without a home point, needed only 15 seconds to take the lead as Charlie Taylor’s cross was glanced in by Jay Rodriguez. Jacob Bruun Larsen made it 2-0 before Sheffield United’s Oli McBurnie was sent off on the stroke of halftime after his second yellow card for an elbow.
Zeki Amdouni and Luca Koleosho stretched Burnley’s lead after the break and Josh Brownhill completed their biggest-ever Premier League win.
“The lads deserve all the credit they can get. It’s not been a one-off. We’ve had performances like that this season,” Kompany told Sky Sports.
Brentford bounced back from their defeat by Arsenal to beat Luton Town 3-1 at home to move 10th — all the goals coming in the second half.
French striker Neal Maupay broke the ice on a freezing day in the capital by sweeping home from close range in the 49th minute. Ben Mee headed in from a corner in the 56th minute and although Luton pulled a goal back through Jacob Brown, Brentford’s Shandon Baptiste made sure of the win.
Defeat left Luton in 17th place on nine points, two clear of the drop zone. Everton climbed to 18th place with seven points, above Burnley on goal difference, and Sheffield United have five points.
Ollie Watkins headed in a 90th-minute equaliser as Aston Villa twice came from behind to draw with Bournemouth in a thrilling Premier League game.
Antoine Semenyo gave the Cherries an early lead with a smart low finish after a mistake by Diego Carlos.
Leon Bailey got Villa back on level terms after he cut in from the right and shot through a crowded area.
Dominic Solanke put Bournemouth ahead again but Watkins popped up to ensure the points were shared.
Enzo Fernandez scored twice as 10-man Chelsea held on to beat Brighton in a thriller at Stamford Bridge.
The Argentine midfielder headed the Blues in front after 17 minutes and former Brighton loanee Levi Colwill doubled the lead four minutes later with his first Chelsea goal.
Facundo Buonanotte got one back for the visitors with a superb curling effort and they were right back in the game when Chelsea skipper Conor Gallagher was shown a second yellow card and sent off on the stroke of half-time.
However, Fernandez restored Chelsea’s two-goal advantage from the penalty spot midway through the second half.
Referee Craig Pawson had initially waved play on when James Milner challenged the breaking Mykhailo Mudryk inside the box but awarded the penalty after being sent to the screen by the video assistant referee.
Brighton continued to dominate possession but struggled to create the openings to really worry Chelsea until Joao Pedro pulled one back with a flicked header in the second minute of injury time.
The Seagulls were then given a penalty in the 10th additional minute for a handball by Colwill, only for VAR to intervene again and have the decision overturned as replays showed the ball hit the defender’s head rather than his outstretched arm.
Victory is just Chelsea’s second at home in the Premier League this season, while defeat means Brighton have now won just one of their last eight league games.
Trent Alexander-Arnold scored an 88th-minute winner as Liverpool mounted a stunning late comeback to beat Fulham in a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.
Trailing 3-2 in the 87th minute, Liverpool equalised as Wataru Endo scored his first Premier League goal and seconds later Alexander-Arnold completed the turnaround.
Alexander-Arnold had helped Liverpool open the scoring in the 20th minute when his free-kick ricocheted off the crossbar and in off Fulham keeper Bernd Leno.
Former Red Harry Wilson equalised four minutes later before Alexis Mac Allister restored Liverpool’s lead after 38 minutes with a stunning long-range strike.
Kenny Tete netted Fulham’s second equaliser in first-half injury time and Bobby De Cordova-Reid headed the Cottagers into the lead in the 80th minute.
Fulham had looked set to end Liverpool’s 13-month unbeaten home record in the Premier League. Instead, the Reds kept up their perfect record at Anfield this season and cut Arsenal’s lead at the top to two points.
Odsonne Edouard’s second-half finish salvaged a Premier League point for Crystal Palace against West Ham at London Stadium.
Mohammed Kudus had opened the scoring for the Hammers after 13 minutes.
James Ward-Prowse’s sublime cross-field ball was collected by Vladimir Coufal, whose cutback into the box was converted thanks to a first-time finish from the onrushing Kudus.
The Hammers were in complete control but Konstantinos Mavropanos was caught out when his poor back pass was intercepted by Edouard, who slotted home to equalise for Palace, scoring his sixth league goal of the season.
Tottenham midfielder Dejan Kulusevski’s 90th-minute header denied Manchester City victory in a breathless six-goal thriller at Etihad Stadium.
City thought they had won it nine minutes from time when Jack Grealish turned home Erling Haaland’s cross for his first goal since April.
But Tottenham snatched a point from a match that ended in controversy as referee Simon Hooper blew for a foul on Erling Haaland, who had already shrugged off the effects of Emerson Royal’s tackle and chipped a pass to Grealish which seemed to set the England man clear.
Haaland was still complaining long after the final whistle and responded to something said from the Tottenham bench before furiously marching down the tunnel.
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It was fitting both sides got something out of the game given how entertaining it had been.
Tottenham led early through Son Heung-min, only for the Tottenham skipper to divert Julian Alvarez’s cross into his own net three minutes later.
Phil Foden finished off a slick City attack to put the hosts in front at the break.
Giovani Lo Celso pulled Tottenham level with an excellent curling effort from the edge of the area midway through the second half, but Yves Bissouma was soon punished for losing possession close to the Spurs area.
Foden fed Haaland, who delivered the low cross for Grealish to convert.
Kulusevski’s late intervention – a mix of head and shoulder sending the ball in off the bar – ensured Tottenham avoided a fourth successive Premier League defeat, with Ange Postecoglou’s side fifth on 27 points, three behind champions City, who drop to third.
