ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool lead at the top is reduced to 6-points as their winning streak in the Premier League is put to an end at 17 matches.
Arsenal finished outside the ‘top four’ after suffering a defeat on the road to newly-promoted Sheffield United.
Watford remains winless in the league despite managing to pick up an unlikely point at Tottenham.
The top scorers in the league failed to add a goal to their tally in this round.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-0 West Ham
Goal Scorers Everton – Bernard 17′ Gylfi Sigurdsson 90+2′
Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton
Goal Scorers Aston Villa – Jack Grealish 45+2′ Matt Targett 90+4′
Goal Scorers Brighton – Adam Webster 21′
Bournemouth 0-0 Norwich
Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle
Goal Scorers Chelsea – Marcos Alonso 73′
Leicester City 2-1 Burnley
Goal Scorers Leicester City – Jamie Vardy 45′ Youri Tielemans 74′
Goal Scorers Burnley – Chris Wood 26′
Tottenham 1-1 Watford
Goal Scorers Tottenham – Dele Alli 86′
Goal Scorers Watford – Abdoulaye Doucoure 6′
Wolves 1-1 Southampton
Goal Scorers Wolves – Raul Jimenez 61′(pen)
Goal Scorers Southampton – Danny Ings 53′
Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City
Goal Scorers Manchester City – Gabriel Jesus 39′ David Silva 41′
Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
Goal Scorers Manchester United – Marcus Rashford 36’
Goal Scorers Liverpool – Adam Lallana 85’
Sheffield United 0-0 Arsenal
Goal Scorers Sheffield United – Lys Mousset 30′
Everton put an end to their 4-match losing streak in the league with a win at home against a West Ham side that is now on a streak 3 winless matches (2L 1D) in the Premier League. On the balance of play, it was a deserved win.
Matt Targett scored in the final minute to complete a comeback and see Aston Villa pick up three points at home against a Brighton side that was reduced to 10-men in the 35th-minute when Aaron Mooy received a second yellow card within a space of 5 minutes.
Newcastle did their best to get something from Stamford Bridge but Chelsea found the only goal of the match through Marcos Alonso in the 73rd-minute to win their third straight league fixture.
Leicester City bounced back from defeat to Liverpool by coming from behind to get a home win against Burnley.
In a game that demanded a win from both teams, Tottenham and Watford had to settle for a point each from a ‘1-1’ draw. Tottenham needed a win to get back to their pre-season expectations as a title contender, while Watford needed their first win of the season to help them climb from the bottom of the league standings.
It was 4 league matches without defeat for Wolves after a Raul Jimenez converted a penalty into the equalizing goal that saw his team avoid a defeat at home to a Southampton side that was also in search to avoid a third straight league defeat in the league.
Manchester City finds two goals towards the end of the first-half to bounce from their shocking defeat against Wolves in the last round with a ‘2-0’ win away against Crystal Palace.
Liverpool winning run in the league came to an end at Old Trafford and a win short of equalling the record consecutive victories in the league (18). Liverpool came into the match as clear favorites and in the end, they were lucky to get a point from the match. Jurgen Klopp remains without a win at Old Trafford. Liverpool lead at the top of the table is reduced to 6 points but they remain the only unbeaten side in the league.
Arsenal finished the round outside the top four after defeat to newly-promoted Sheffield United. Lys Mousset‘s goal in the 30th-minute was enough Sheffield the maximum points at home.
