Roundup of latest Premier League action which saw plenty of surprise results across the table.
James Tarkowski’s 60th minute header fired Everton to a shock home win over league leaders, Arsenal, yet the Toffees could only improve to 18th in the table in Sean Dyche’s first match in charge of the club.
Manchester City couldn’t capitalise on Arsenal’s shock loss as they also suffered a narrow defeat away at fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, as Harry Kane fired in a 15th minute winner to become Spurs’ all-time record goalscorer with his 267th goal for the club in all competitions.
Manchester United climbed to third on Saturday with a 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace in which Casemiro was red carded, befoe they drew 2-2 in a rearranged midweek clash at home to Leeds after Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho found the net from 2-0 down.
Newcastle slipped to fourth after Callum Wilson’s third minute goal was cancelled out by Lucas Paqueta’s equaliser in the 32nd minute, as West Ham fought back for a 1-1 draw at St James’ Park.
Down in the relegation zone, Southampton remain rock-bottom after losing 3-0 at Brentford as Ben Mee, Bryan Mbeumo and Mathias Jensen all found the net for the Bees in a “complete” performance.
Bournemouth slid to second-bottom after Kaoru Mitoma’s 87th minute header condemned them to a tough 1-0 loss at Brighton, in a game where the Cherries had stubbornly frustrated the Seagulls until Mitoma found the winner.
Elsewhere, Wolves ran riot in a stunning 3-0 home victory against Liverpool at Molineux, as Joel Matip scored a fifth minute own goal, before Craig Dawson and Ruben Neves completed the surprise win which led Liverpool manager – Jurgen Klopp to describe his Reds as “frustrating” to watch.
Kelechi Iheanacho grabbed a brace of assists plus one goal as Leicester snatched a dramatic 4-2 win at Aston Villa, in a game where Villa twice led only to blow the lead before Tete on debut and Dennis Praet wrapped up the Foxes’ victory.
Nottingham Forest extended their unbeaten run to five matches as Brennan Johnson’s 14th minute volley strike proved enough to beat Leeds on Sunday.
Finally, Chelsea held Fulham to a goalless draw in a scrappy West London derby at Stamford Bridge.