ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Wolves beat Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium to hand Liverpool an 8-point lead after 8 rounds of the 2019/20 season.
Watford stays at the bottom of the league table as the only team that is yet to win a match in the season.
Manchester United is 2 points from the relegation mark after suffering a defeat at Newcastle.
8 goals – Tammy Abrahams joined Sergio Aguero at the top of the goal-scoring list when he opened the scoring for Chelsea to get a comprehensive ‘4-1’ win at Southampton
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Brighton 3-0 Tottenham
Goal Scorers Brighton – Neal Maupay 3′ Aaron-Anthony Connolly 32′ 65′
Burnley 1-0 Everton
Goal Scorers Burnley – Jeff Hendrick 72′
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City
Goal Scorers Liverpool – Sadio Mane 40′ James Milner 90+5′(pen)
Goal Scorers Leicester City – James Maddison 80′
Norwich 1-5 Aston Villa
Goal Scorers Norwich – Josip Drmic 88′
Goal Scorers Aston Villa – Wesley 14′ 30′ Jack Grealish 49′ Conor Hourihane 61′ Douglas Soares 83′
Watford 0-0 Sheffield United
West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace
Goal Scorers West Ham – Sebastien Haller 54′
Goal Scorers Crystal Palace – Patrick van Aanholt 63′(pen) Jordan Ayew 87′
Arsenal 1-0 Bournemouth
Goal Scorers Arsenal – David Luiz 9′
Manchester City 0-2 Wolves
Goal Scorers Wolves – Adama Traore 80′ 90+4′
Southampton 1-4 Chelsea
Goal Scorers Southampton – Danny Ings 30′
Goal Scorers Chelsea – Tammy Abraham 17′ Mason Mount 24′ N’Golo Kante 40′ Michy Batshuayi 89′
Newcastle United vs Manchester United
Goal Scorers Newcastle United – Matthew Longstaff 72′
Tottenham’s nightmare continues after getting a thrashing at Brighton.
It was a 4th straight league defeat for Everton after a ‘1-0’ defeat at Burnley.
An injury-time penalty gave Liverpool a victory against Leicester City. Liverpool is a win away from equalling the record for the most consecutive wins in the league (18). Their next fixture is against their traditional arch-rival Manchester United.
Norwich was on the wrong end of a 5-1 against Aston Villa when the promoted sides met. Norwich has now lost all matches since their shocking victory against Manchester City, with their first goal coming in a match in which they conceded 5 goals.
Watford remains the only side without a win after 8 matches played. A goalless draw at home against Sheffield United was the best Watford could do.
Jordan Ayew scored an 87th-minute winning goal for Crystal Palace to take the three points at West Ham.
David Luiz’s goal gave Arsenal all three points against Bournemouth.
Manchester City is shocked at home after Adama Traore scored two late goals for Wolves to pick up an unexpected victory at the Etihad Stadium. It was Wolverhampton’s second win of the Premier League season and a second defeat to Manchester City.
Chelsea made light work of Southampton.
Manchester United continue to fall. Matthew Longstaff’s goal in the 72nd-minute allowed Newcastle to pick up a win against Manchester United.
