Arsenal Come From Behind To Deny Chelsea Confidence Boosting Win

Arsenal came two goal down to draw at Stanford Bridge to deny Chelsea all three points and a statement of intent under manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Chelsea were in complete control after Cole Palmer put them ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minutes, after William Saliba was penalised for handball following the intervention of the video assistant referee.

One became two when Mykhailo Mudryk’s speculative effort from out wide caught Arsenal keeper David Raya stranded and out of position three minutes after the break.

At that point it looked done and dusted but with 13 minutes left, Arsenal was giving a lifeline after Declan Rice blocked Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez’s poor clearance back past him into the net.

And, remarkably, they were level seven minutes later when substitute Leandro Trossard stole the ball at the far post to score as Chelsea hesitated in dealing with Bukayo Saka’s cross.

The result means Arsenal are second on the log same points with leaders Manchester City but with inferior goal difference

Defending Champions Manchester City avoided a third consecutive Premier League defeat as two first-half goals secured victory over Brighton at Etihad Stadium.

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Pep Guardiola’s side had lost their previous two top-flight matches – away to Wolves and Arsenal – and have never recorded three consecutive league defeats under the Spaniard.

The defending champions showed their intent early on as Julian Alvarez opened the scoring after just seven minutes. Erling Halaand ended a run of three matches without a goal 10 minutes later as he pounced on a Carlos Baleba mistake in the middle of the park and sent a thunderous left-footed shot into the back of the net.

A more composed second half from the visitors saw Ansu Fati capitalise on a poor Manuel Akanji clearance inside the penalty area.

The goal made for a nervy final period as City clung on and Brighton pushed for an equaliser with City forced to see out stoppage time with 10 men when Akanji was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Mohamed Salah was star at the Merseyside derby as his two goals proved the difference as Liverpool beat rivals Everton 2-0

Salah’s first a penalty ended a frustrating 75 minutes for the home side and he added a late second as the Reds went top of the table momentarily.

The goals took Salah’s tally to 201 career league goals and victory maintained Liverpool’s recent dominance over their neighbours in this fixture.

Elsewhere inform Newcastle United proved a handful for Crystal Palace at St James’ Park with a four nil bashing

First-half goals from Jacob Murphy, Anthony Gordon and Sean Longstaff were added to by Callum Wilson just past the hour as the Magpies climbed to fifth in the Premier League.

Palace were never in the game and couldn’t match Newcastle’s intensity, but will hope it is a minor blip in what has been a fine start to the season.

Wolves scored a late winner at Bournemouth to move to twelfth on the log.

Sasa Kalajdzic’s 88th minute winner completed the visitors’ second-half comeback after Matheus Cunha had cancelled out Dominic Solanke’s opener.

Bournemouth played almost 40 minutes with 10 men after Cook was shown a straight red card in the first half. They are still in search for their first win this season.

Brentford claimed their first home win of the season as goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Saman Ghoddos helped the Bees to a valuable three points against struggling Burnley.

Thomas Frank’s team, who conceded two stoppage time goals at Old Trafford a fortnight ago, made sure of the points this time with a clinical performance 

Brentford were minutes away from a famous victory at Manchester United in their last game before the international break, Scott McTominay’s late double condemning the Bees to a 2-1 defeat which manager Frank described as “brutal”.

That was the sixth time this season Brentford had dropped points from a winning position but this time, after Wissa had opened the scoring against Burnley, the hosts managed not only to preserve their lead but added to it – courtesy of two superb efforts.