Chelsea bought again to successful methods with a 3-1 win over Southampton to maneuver high of the Premier League desk whereas Manchester United stuttered once more at residence on Saturday as they had been held to a 1-1 draw by high-flying Everton.
Brighton and Hove Albion later created a slew of probabilities however did not get lots of them on the right track as they had been held to a 0-0 draw by a rudderless Arsenal within the Premier League on Saturday.Chelsea, who got here into the match on the again of consecutive defeats for under the second time since Thomas Tuchel took cost, wanted a response and so they bought it as Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell struck late on after Southampton had been lowered to 10 males.Tuchel’s aspect transfer to 16 factors from seven video games, two greater than Liverpool who host Manchester City in Sunday’s huge conflict.Manchester United and Everton are additionally locked on 14 factors after the early kickoff at Old Trafford ended honours even.With Cristiano Ronaldo, scorer of a last-gasp winner towards Villarreal within the Champions League on Wednesday, beginning on the bench, United took a deserved lead when Anthony Martial was performed in by Bruno Fernandes to attain simply earlier than halftime.United had been pegged again although when Andros Townsend completed off a sweeping transfer and Rafa Benitez’s aspect thought they’d snatched victory when Yerry Mina slotted in however after a VAR evaluation he was adjudged to have been offside.It was a let-off for United however they had been nonetheless left annoyed at dropping factors, particularly with a troublesome run of league fixtures forward.”We had 75% possession. We got hit on one break that cost us and we lacked that cutting edge to get the important second goal,” United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stated.”We just couldn’t get that second goal you need in games like this as Everton can score a goal from nowhere.”Ronaldo got here off the bench however this time the Portuguese couldn’t summon a dramatic ending.”It’s about picking the right moments (to give Ronaldo a rest),” Solskjaer stated when requested in regards to the choice to go away him on the bench and begin with Edinson Cavani.After Chelsea failed to attain of their final two video games, it was unsung academy product Trevoh Chalobah who put them in entrance after 9 minutes.Romelu Lukaku and Werner each had targets dominated out and when, on the hour, Ben Chilwell tripped Tino Livramento within the space to earn Southampton a penalty that James Ward Prowse transformed, it regarded as if the guests would earn a degree.But Ward Prowse was red-carded for a poor sort out on Jorginho and Chelsea took benefit to assert the win.Brighton dominated the opening 45 minutes but it surely was Arsenal who went closest to scoring as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang headed towards the put up from a good angle throughout a uncommon first-half assault.For all their possession, Brighton struggled to get pictures on the right track and so they had been nearly punished when Emile Smith Rowe broke away within the seventy fifth minute, however Robert Sanchez was capable of steer his shot behind for a nook.With the ultimate whistle approaching the Seagulls turned the screw as they created a flurry of late probabilities, however the Arsenal rearguard held agency.Leeds United kickstarted their marketing campaign with a primary league win of the season – Diego Llorente’s early aim proving sufficient to beat Watford 1-0 at Elland Road.Promoted Norwich City earned their first level of the season and ended a run of 16 consecutive Premier League defeats as they floor out a 0-0 draw at fellow strugglers Burnley.Newcastle United’s troubles additionally continued because the Magpies went down 2-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers for whom South Korean ahead Hwang Hee-chan struck twice from assists by Raul Jimenez to assist Wolves transfer away from the relegation zone.Norwich stay backside with one level with Newcastle and Burnley, who’re additionally winless, on three.