Roundup of latest Premier League action as Manchester City moved top as the title and relegation fights continue.
Whilst City and Arsenal continued to scrap over the title lead with the Citizens playing one of their two games in hand, there were more drama at the foot of the table as one club sacked their manager for the second time this season and another team moved out of the relegation zone.
Weekend
Martin Odegaard’s first-half brace plus Gabriel Jesus’ scrappy strike saw Arsenal stay top with a 3-1 home win over Chelsea, despite Noni Madueke netting a second-half consolatory goal for Frank Lampard’s struggling Blues.
Man City remain two points behind in second place after Julian Alvarez’s 36th minute stunner wrapped up a 2-1 win at Fulham, after Erling Haaland’s early penalty had been cancelled out by Carlos Vinicius’ equaliser.
Callum Wilson’s second-half brace plus Theo Walcott’s own-goal saw third-placed Newcastle come from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 at home, after the rock-bottom Saints had taken a surprise half-time lead through Stuart Armstrong’s sweeping strike from Kamaldeen Sulemana’s low cross.
Bruno Fernandes’ 39th minute rebound winner saw Manchester United stay fourth following a narrow home win over Aston Villa, in which the Portuguese midfielder punished Emiliano Martinez’s deflection of Marcus Rashford’s shot into his path.
Down in the relegation zone, Everton remain second-bottom after Alex Iwobi’s 54th minute low strike saw the Toffees snatch a 2-2 draw at Leicester, who climbed out of the bottom three on goal difference after Caglar Soyuncu and Jamie Vardy had put the Foxes ahead from behind.
Nottingham Forest consequently slipped into the drop zone in 18th position after losing 2-1 at Brentford through late goals from Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva, with Steve Cooper’s men having initially led through Danilo’s effort on the stroke of half-time.
Leeds sit above the bottom three on goal difference having sacked Javi Gracia after losing 4-1 at Bournemouth, in which Jefferson Lerma struck twice for the Cherries before Dominic Solanke and Antoine Semenyo completed victory following Patrick Bamford’s headed consolatory goal.
Diogo Jota rifled in a 94th minute winner for Liverpool who climbed to fifth following a 4-3 win over Tottenham at Anfield, having blown a 3-0 lead created in the opening 15 minutes before Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Richarlison led Spurs’ nearly successful fightback.
Deniz Undav scored his first Premier League goals to fire Brighton to a ruthless 6-0 home victory over Wolves at the AMEX, during which Pascal Gross and Danny Welbeck also produced two goals apiece.
Tomas Soucek scored and created a goal as West Ham ultimately fell to a 4-3 defeat at Crystal Palace in a tense seven-goal thriller, after the match had been delayed 15 minutes due to a turnstile issue at Selhurst Park.
Midweek
Erling Haaland scored a record-breaking 35th league goal of the season either side of Nathan Ake’s header and Phil Foden’s deflected volley, as Man City moved top with a 3-0 win at home to West Ham, whilst Foden’s goal was City’s 1,000th goal under Pep Guardiola’s reign.
Fourth-placed Manchester United missed a chance to climb to third after suffering a 1-0 defeat at Brighton as Luke Shaw’s late handball was caught by VAR, which allowed Alexis Mac Allister to convert from the spot to seal victory for the Seagulls.
Mohamed Salah’s 39th minute penalty fired Liverpool to a 1-0 win over Fulham at Anfield, after the Egyptian dispatched his spot-kick following Issa Diop’s controversial foul on Darwin Nunez.
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