PREMIER LEAGUE
The Manchester teams are leading in the Premier League.
Stalemate in the North West derby leaves Manchester United on top of the Premier League.
Manchester City has the game in hand to take top spot by a point.
LEADING SCORERS
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 13 goals
Harry Kane (Tottenham) 12 goals
Son Heung-min (Tottenham) – 12 goals
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) – 11 goals
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – 11 goals
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) – 11 goals
Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) – 10 goals
ARSENAL 0-0 CRYSTAL PALACE
WOLVES 2-3 WEST BROM
Goal Scorers – Wolves – Fabio Silva 38′ Willy Boly 43′
Goal Scorers – West Brom – Matheus Pereira 8′(pen) 56′(pen) Semi Ajayi 52′
LEEDS 0-1 BRIGHTON
Goal Scorers – Brighton – Neal Maupay 17′
WEST HAM 1-0 BURNLEY
Goal Scorers – West Ham – Michail Antonio 9′
FULHAM 0-1 CHELSEA
Goal Scorers – Chelsea – Mason Mount 78′
LEICESTER CITY 2-0 SOUTHAMPTON
Goal Scorers – Leicester City – James Maddison 37′ Harvey Barnes 90+5′
ASTON VILLA pp EVERTON
SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-3 TOTTENHAM
Goal Scorers – Sheffield United – David McGoldrick 59′
Goal Scorers – Tottenham – Serge Aurier 5′ Harry Kane 40′ Tanguy Ndombele 62′
LIVERPOOL 0-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
MANCHESTER CITY 4-0 CRYSTAL PALACE
Goal Scorers – Manchester City – John Stones 26′ 68′ Ilkay Gundogan 56′ Raheem Sterling 88′
Two mid table teams shared the points when Arsenal welcomed Crystal Palace.
Matheus Pereira opened the scoring for the match from the penalty spot to give West Brom the lead; and scored the final goal of the game (from the penalty spot) to win the game for his side.
Wolves are now 6 games (4L 2D) without a win in the league after a home defeat to West Brom.
Leeds come from getting knocked out from the FA cup (3-0 against Crawley Town) to a home defeat at the hands of Brighton.
Michail Antonio’s early goal held for West Ham to secure all three points against Burnley.
Mason Mount scored the only goal of the match for Chelsea to win the West London derby against a Fulham side that was numerically disadvantaged for half of the match.
Leicester City beat Southampton to take advantage of the ‘Liverpool vs Manchester United’ fixture.
Sheffield United followed up with their opening win of the season with defeat to Tottenham. It was a much needed win for Tottenham.
Manchester United stayed top of the league after leaving Anfield with a point. On the balance of play, a goalless draw was a fair outcome.
John Stones scored a brace as Manchester City won 4-0 against Crystal Palace.
