Roundup of the latest action as the Premier League returned from the first international break of the 2026-27 season.
Second-half goals from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki saw Manchester City remain top of the table with a 3-0 win at ten-men Liverpool, after Ryan Gravenberch was sent off following a double yellow-card booking.
Bruno Guimaraes’ strike saw Arsenal stay three points behind in second with a 2-1 comeback victory over Leeds at home, in which Riccardo Calafiori pulled the Gunners level following James Justin’s initial opener for the visitors.
Goals from Maxim de Cuyper and Jaouen Hadjam saw Brighton remain third with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, despite a red card for Pascal Struijk after his foul denied Wilson Isidor a goalscoring opportunity.
Brentford rounded out the top four after Kristoffer Ajer’s 79th-minute finish rescued them a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa, where they initially led through Yehor Yarmoliuk before Nicolas Jackson and John McGinn fired Villa in front.
Down in the relegation zone, Dominic Solanke’s 92nd-minute header saw Tottenham move off the foot of the table with a 1-1 draw at Manchester United despite Rodrigo Bentancur’s red card for a headbutt on Luke Shaw shortly after Bryan Mbeumo put the Red Devils in front.
Fulham consequently fell to rock bottom with a 2-1 defeat at Ipswich in which Ryan Sessegnon fired the Cottagers in front, before Abdoul Ouattara’s 25-yard finish and Dara O’Shea’s header sealed the Tractor Boys’ comeback.
Coventry climbed out of the relegation zone with a surprise 4-1 win at home over Newcastle as Jack Rudoni’s penalty and Sidiki Cherif put the Sky Blues in front, before Ellis Simms and Stephen Mfuni sealed victory after Sven Botman halved Newcastle’s deficit.
Bournemouth consequently slipped into the bottom three despite Evanilson’s consolatory effort in a 5-1 loss at Chelsea, during which Jordan Henderson and Joao Pedro scored twice for the Blues and Morgan Rogers too found the net.
Elsewhere, Oliver Glasner’s return to Crystal Palace with Nottingham Forest ended in a 3-1 loss as Dan Ndoye initially put the Tricky Trees ahead, before Daichi Kamada, Jefferson Lerma and Yeremy Pino fired the Eagles to a comeback over their former boss.
Mohamed Belloumi’s 74th-minute strike rescued Hull a 2-2 draw at home to Everton after Joe Gelhardt initially put the Tigers in front, before Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s header and Thierno Barry’s finish turned the game around for the Toffees in the space of 13 second-half minutes.