Roundup of latest Premier League action which saw plenty of goals across the table.
Mohamed Salah’s brace saw league leaders, Liverpool clinch a clinical away win at Bournemouth, in which he opened the scoring from the penalty spot before he curled in a 75th minute effort.
Arsenal remained six points adrift in second following a ruthless 5-1 demolition of Manchester City, in which second-half goals from Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri sealed victory after Martin Odegaard’s opener was cancelled out by Erling Haaland.
Chris Wood’s hat-trick blasted third-placed Nottingham Forest to a 7-0 home victory over Brighton which was started off by Lewis Dunk’s own-goal, whilst Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams and Jota Silva also found the net.
Chelsea rounded out the top four with a comeback 2-1 win over West Ham at Stamford Bridge, in which Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s own-goal settled a tight contest, after Pedro Neto cancelled out Jarrod Bowen’s first-half opener.
Down in the relegation zone, rock-bottom Southampton picked up their second win of the season with a 2-1 win at second-bottom Ipswich, as Paul Onuachu struck a rebound winner after Joe Aribo’s first-half goal was cancelled out by Liam Delap.
Wolves moved out of the bottom three following a clinical 2-0 home victory over West Midlands rivals, Aston Villa, in which Jean Ricner-Bellegarde put them into a 12th minute lead before Matheus Cunha’s injury-time strike wrapped up victory.
Leicester consequently slipped to third bottom off the back of a 4-0 loss at Everton in which Abdoulaye Doucoure netted after only ten seconds, before Beto’s brace and Iliman Ndiaye’s injury-time strike wrapped up consecutive league wins for the Toffees for the first time this season.
Elsewhere, Newcastle suffered their second loss in three games with a 2-1 defeat at home to Fulham after Jacob Murphy put them into a half-time lead, yet Raul Jimenez and Rodrigo Muniz completed Fulham’s second-half comeback.
Jean Philippe-Mateta’s second-half brace saw Crystal Palace extend their unbeaten run over Manchester United to four matches with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.
Finally, Vitaly Janelt’s own-goal plus Pape Matar Sarr’s strike fired Tottenham to a first Premier League away win at Brentford.
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