Roundup of the latest action as the 2025-26 Premier League run-in got underway.
Alex Scott’s 74th-minute strike saw Bournemouth snatch a shock 2-1 victory at league leaders, Arsenal, after Eli Junior Kroupi’s opener was cancelled out by Viktor Gyokeres’ 35th-minute penalty following a handball from Ryan Christie.
Manchester City consequently closed their deficit to Arsenal down to six points with a clinical 3-0 win at Chelsea, in which Nico O’Reilly, Marc Guehi and Jeremy Doku found the net in the space of 17 second-half minutes.
Third-placed Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Leeds United despite Casemiro’s consolatory header after Lisandro Martinez’s red card for violent conduct, as Noah Okafor’s first-half brace saw Daniel Farke’s Whites move six points clear of the relegation zone.
Aston Villa rounded out the top four with a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest, having initially led through Murillo’s own-goal before Neco Williams snatched an 38th-minute equaliser for the Tricky Trees.
Down in the relegation zone, rock-bottom Wolves suffered a 4-0 defeat at West Ham in Friday Night Football as Konstantinos Mavropanos and Valentino Castellanos both struck twice, which lifted the Hammers out of the bottom three.
Second-bottom Burnley suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion, as Mats Wieffer struck late in both halves to net the Seagulls’ two goals.
Tottenham slipped to third-bottom following West Ham’s win but couldn’t get back up the table as they fell to a 1-0 loss at Sunderland, in which Nordi Mukiele netted a 61st-minute deflected winner for the Black Cats.
Elsewhere, quick-fire goals from Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah saw fifth-placed Liverpool clinically beat Fulham 2-0 at Anfield.
Goals from Beto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall saw Everton twice fight back for a 2-2 draw at Brentford, after Igor Thiago twice put the Bees in front as the hosts remained above David Moyes’ Toffees on goal difference in seventh and eighth respectively.
Jean-Philippe Mateta was left “very happy” after his late brace saw Crystal Palace clinch a 2-1 comeback home win against Newcastle at Selhurst Park, having initially fell behind at half time to William Osula’s scruffy finish.
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