Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 West Ham United
Brighton & Hove Albion – Glenn Murray 25’
Burnley 1-1 Huddersfield Town
Burnley – Sam Vokes 20’
Huddersfield Town – Christopher Schindler 66’
Crystal Palace 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Matt Doherty 56’
Leicester City 1-2 Everton
Leicester City – Ricardo Pereira
Everton – Ricahrlison 7 Gylfi Sigurdsson 77’
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Cardiff City
Tottenham Hotspur – Eric Dier 8’
Watford 0-4 AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth – David Brooks 14’ Joshua King 33’(pen) 45 Callum Wilson 47
Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle United
Manchester United – Juan Mata 70’ Anthony Martial 76’ Alexis Sanchez 90’
Newcastle United – Kenedy 7’ Yoshinori Muto 10’
Fulham 1-5 Arsenal
Fulham – Andre Schurrle 44’
Arsenal – Alexandre Lacazette 29’ 48’ Aaron Ramsey 67’ Pierre Emerick Aubameyang 79’ 90+1’
Southampton 0-3 Chelsea
Chelsea – Eden Hazard 30’ Ross Barkley 57’ Alvaro Morata 90+3’
Liverpool 0-0 Manchester City
West Ham United went from beating Manchester United to a defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion in the opening match of the round.
Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty in the 86th minute against Liverpool to deny Manchester City from pulling 2 points away at the top of the league standings.
With Liverpool and Manchester City playing out a goalless draw at Anfield, the title race is currently open for at least 5 of the 20 teams. Two points separate the top 5 in the league while the top three stay unbeaten after 8 rounds.
Newcastle United remains winless after blowing away a 2-goal lead at Old Trafford to see Manchester United come from behind to win their first match in four competitive league matches. Alexis Sanchez scored the winning goal for Manchester United to end his goal-scoring drought.
A clinical Arsenal turned on the style in the second half to beat promotes Fulham 5-0. Arsenal climbed to 4th place after their sixth consecutive league victory.
Their great start to the season seems to be over as Watford made it a winless 5 straight matches after getting hammered at home AFC Bournemouth.
Chelsea enjoys a ‘3-0’ victory against a struggling Southampton side with Eden Hazard scoring the opening goal of the match and his 7th in the league as the current top scorer. Crystal Palace is beaten at home by Wolverhampton Wanderers, while Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a brilliant winning goal for Everton to beat Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
While the top end of the table has 3 sides unbeaten (Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea), the bottom end of the table has three winless sides (Cardiff City, Newcastle United, Huddersfield Town)
