PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP
CHAMPIONS Manchester City moved 12 points ahead of rivals Manchester United in the Premier League with a hard-fought 3-1 win in yesterday’s derby.
David Silva opened the scoring as the leaders made a blistering start at the Etihad Stadium and Sergio Aguero doubled the advantage with a his eighth derby goal after the break.
United, who were without Paul Pogba, responded through Anthony Martial after substitute Romelu Lukaku won a penalty but Ilkay Gundogan wrapped up victory for the hosts.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan came off the bench to salvage a point for Arsenal as they extended their unbeaten run against a Wolves side who were deserving of victory.
The visitors, whose 29-year wait for a win away to the Gunners goes on, looked set to end a three-game losing streak thanks to Ivan Cavaleiro’s opener.
But Unai Emery’s side have shown desire when behind and have now taken nine points from losing positions in the Premier League this season as Mkhitaryan’s cross-cum-shot evaded everyone to earn Arsenal a point from a 1-1 draw just four minutes from fulltime.
Another slow start could easily have cost the hosts dear - with Cardiff the only other side in the topflight yet to hold a half-time lead this season.
Wolves played their part and will feel they should have wrapped up a win of their own, Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno on hand to make a number of key saves from the visitors, who rattled the woodwork in the closing stages through Morgan Gibbs-White.
Maurizio Sarri extended his unbeaten start to Premier League management to a record 12 games as Chelsea were frustrated in a badtempered encounter with Everton.
The Italian is undefeated in competitive games at Chelsea, but must have wondered how his side missed out on a ninth league win as Jordan Pickford denied Marcos Alonso, Alvaro Morata and Eden Hazard in a goalless draw.
Referee Kevin Friend doled out seven yellow cards in a tetchy contest, two coming following an offthe-ball incident between Bernard and Antonio Rudiger.
A marginal offside decision piled further pressure on Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic as Liverpool’s mood was lifted by a 2-0 win at Anfield.
Aleksandar Mitrovic thought he had given the visitors a crucial breakthrough just before half-time only to be ruled out by the tightest of calls from assistant referee Adrian Holmes.
To add insult to injury, Liverpool scored 12 seconds later through Mohamed Salah’s 34th goal in his last 36 home appearances with Xherdan Shaqiri justifying his return to the starting line-up with their second just after the break.
Tottenham again produced a gritty performance away from home, with Juan Foyth’s 66th-minute goal the difference in a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace.
After the game, Dele Alli praised team-mate Foyth, who scored the winning goal at Selhurst Park after giving away two penalties against Wolves last weekend.
“He deserves plenty of credit, not only did he play well but he got the goal as well,” Alli told Sky Sports.
“He showed great character to bounce back after last week after giving away two penalties but it’s a learning experience and he’s done well.
“It wasn’t pretty to watch at times, but this is a very difficult place to come and get a result. We showed character.”
High-flying Bournemouth were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle at St James’ Park and lost Adam Smith to a serious-looking knee injury.
Smith received oxygen on the pitch after going down as he prepared to take a free-kick. Newcastle were already ahead thanks to Salomon Rondon’s first Premier League goal of the season in the seventh minute, and he doubled the lead in the 40th minute.
Jefferson Lerma pulled one back in eight minutes of first-half stoppage time but Newcastle hung on to climb out of the bottom three.
Referee Simon Hooper was centre stage in Southampton’s 1-1 draw with Watford.
Manolo Gabbiadini’s first goal of the campaign gave Saints the lead in the 20th minute and Hooper’s first contentious decision came when he denied Watford a penalty after Ryan Bertrand appeared to take out Nathaniel Chalobah.
Less than 10 minutes later, Charlie Austin thought he had doubled Southampton’s advantage only for Hooper to rule it out, and Jose Holebas equalised eight minutes from time.
There was plenty of emotion on show but no goals at the King Power Stadium as Leicester paid tribute to late owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha ahead of a 0-0 draw with Burnley.
It was a point apiece, too, at Huddersfield, where the Terriers were denied a second victory of the week by Felipe Anderson’s equaliser for West Ham.
Alex Pritchard gave Huddersfield, who claimed their first win of the season against Fulham last Monday, the lead in only the sixth minute but Anderson continued his hot streak to make it 1-1 in the final quarter.