Arsenal maintains perfect start
BOURNEMOUTH: Arsenal has opened a Premier League campaign with three successive wins for the first time in 18 years after Martin Odegaard’s brace fired them to a classy 30 win at Bournemouth yesterday.
North London rival Tottenham Hotspur had earlier moved top as Harry Kane’s 250th goal for the club sealed a gritty 10 home win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
It was Kane’s 185th Premier League goal, putting him ahead of Sergio Aguero in fourth place on the alltime list in the competition. He now also owns the record for the most Premier League goals for a single club.
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, with the same starting XI for the third successive match, was far too good for newly promoted Bournemouth on the south coast and could have won by more.
Fulham maintained its impressive start to the campaign, beating Brentford 32 in an exciting West London derby to move into fourth place in the standings. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored the winner after Brentford had recovered a twogoal deficit.
Everton picked up its first point of the season thanks to a late equaliser by Demarai Gray in a 11 home draw with Nottingham Forest, which had led through Brennan Johnson.
Wilfried Zaha scored twice as Crystal Palace recovered from conceding an early goal to beat Aston Villa 31 at Selhurst Park for its first win of the season.
Leicester City’s dismal start continued, however, as it slumped to a 21 home defeat by Southampton.
James Maddison gave Leicester the lead with a 54thminute free kick but the visitors snatched victory with substitute Che Adams scoring twice at the King Power Stadium. — Reuters