The English PREMIER LEAGUE after Round 3.
Arsenal is top of the table as the only side with a 100% winning record.
They are trailed by four teams on 7 points (including the defending champions).
West Ham is left at the bottom of the league table as the only side without a point.
The Merseyside clubs (Liverpool and Everton) are part of 6 teams at the bottom of the league table that are yet to register a win.
All the newly-promoted teams have picked up a win.
August 20.
Tottenham 1-0 Wolves
Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa
Everton 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Fulham 3-2 Brentford
Leicester City 1-2 Southampton
Bournemouth 0-3 Arsenal
August 21.
Leeds United 3-0 Chelsea
West Ham 0-2 Brighton
Newcastle United 3-3 Manchester City
August 22.
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
LEAGUE STANDING
1| Arsenal – 9 points
2| Manchester City – 7 points
3| Leeds United – 7 points
4| Tottenham Hotspur – 7 points
5| Brighton – 7 points
6| Newcastle United – 5 points
7| Fulham – 5 points
8| Brentford – 4 points
9| Crystal Palace – 4 points
10| Nottingham Forest – 4 points
11| Southampton – 4 points
12| Chelsea – 4 points
13| Aston Villa – 3 points
14| Manchester United – 3 points
15| Bournemouth – 3 points
16| Liverpool – 2 points
17| Everton – 1 point
18| Wolves – 1 point
19| Leicester City – 1 point
20| West Ham United – 0 points
Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game to get Tottenham a win against Wolves. Kane’s goal was also his 250th goal for Tottenham, allowing him to set the record for most goats scored for a club in the Premier League.
Wilfried Zaha’s brace (the equalizing goal and the winning goal) allowed Crystal Palace to follow a draw at Anfield with their first win of the season through a 3-1 victory against Aston Villa.
Demarai Gray’s goal in the 88th minute allowed Everton to escape a third straight defeat through a 1-1 draw at home against a newly-promoted Nottingham Forest side that was in search of their second victory of the season.
Brentford followed a home win against Manchester United with an away defeat to newly-promoted Fulham.
Brentford recovered from two goals down but Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute headed goal restored Fulham’s lead for a 3-2 Fulham win.
Fulham got them their first win of the new season.
Che Adams scored two in the second half to get Southampton from a goal down to their first win of the season through a 2-1 win at Leicester.
William Saliba scored from a wonder strike in the 54th minute to complete the scoring for Arsenal extended their winning start with a 3-0 victory at Bournemouth. Tow goals from Martin Odegaard had Arsenal with a 2-goal lead in the first eleven minutes of the match.
Leeds stayed unbeaten while handing Chelsea their first defeat of the season.
A goalkeeping error allowed Brenden Aaronson to get Leeds United into the lead in the 33rd minute. Rodrigo doubled their lead 4 minutes later to send them to halftime with a 2-goal lead. Things didn’t get better for Chelsea in the second half either as they conceded one more goal and had Kalidou Koulibaly sent off for a second yellow card.
West Ham has lost to the defending champions (Manchester City), a newly-promoted club (Nottingham Forest), and now a mid-table club from the previous season. West Ham loses three in three after a 2-0 home defeat against Brighton.
Manchester City dropped points at Newcastle.
An early lead was not enough to get Manchester City the maximum points. They had to fight to avoid defeat after going two goals down. Quality paid off in the end for Manchester City to get a point from a 3-3 draw with Newcastle United.
Manchester United and Liverpool came into the tie searching for their first win of the new season. For Manchester United, it was a search for their first point.
Manchester United made home advantage count by grabbing their first win of the season in a 2-1 victory against Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah was on the scoresheet for Liverpool but Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford had already done the damage with their goals.
The last time Manchester United got a win against Liverpool was in the FA Cup in 2021.
The last league win was on March 10. 2018. It was also a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.
