PREMIER LEAGUE
DANNY Ings scored twice as Southampton climbed out of the relegation zone, and dumped Aston Villa in it, with a 3-1 win at Villa Park.
Saints took the lead when Shane Long’s shot was saved by Tom Heaton and Ings was on hand to tuck in the rebound.
It was 2-0 on the half-hour mark after James Ward-Prowse’s corner was met by Jack Stephens, who nodded in past the diving Heaton.
Six minutes after the break Nathan Redmond’s ball into the box fell to Ings, who spun and fired high into the net for his 11th league goal of the season.
Jack Grealish pulled one back from the edge of the box but Villa were well beaten.
Sheffield United are a point off the top four after continuing their fine start to the season with a 1-0 win at Brighton.
The Blades had already had a John Egan goal ruled out by VAR due to handball when Oli McBurnie blasted them ahead from Dean Henderson’s long clearance.
David McGoldrick missed a golden chance to double the lead, and break his goal duck, when he rounded Mathew Ryan only to roll the ball into the sidenetting.
Moments later United’s Jack O’Connell headed into the net, but again VAR intervened with an offside decision.
However, lacklustre Brighton could not find an equaliser as the Blades extended their unbeaten record away from home.
Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta learned the size of the tasks ahead of them as they watched Everton and Arsenal play out a drab goalless draw at Goodison Park.
Everton announced shortly before the match that Ancelotti had signed a four-and-a-half-year deal, while Arteta was also in the stands having put pen to paper at Arsenal on Friday.
The game was littered with misplaced passes and ineffectual final balls from both teams, with just two shots on target in the entire 90 minutes.
Raul Jimenez grabbed a late winner as Wolves came from behind to beat Norwich 2-1.
Todd Cantwell fired Norwich ahead in the 17th minute with his third goal in six matches.
But Romain Saiss equalised from Joao Moutinho’s cross and Jimenez netted the rebound after Tim Krul blocked from Matt Doherty to snatch the points.
Miguel Almiron tucked in a volley from an Andy Carroll header as Newcastle edged out Crystal Palace 1-0 at St James’ Park, and a Jay Rodriguez header a minute from time gave Burnley a 1-0 win at Bournemouth.
In the late game, Manchester City closed the gap on second-placed Leicester to just a single point as they came from behind to beat the Foxes 3-1 at the Etihad.
The Foxes took the lead through Jamie Vardy’s breakaway goal, his 17th of the season, but Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus turned things around for Pep Guardiola’s side.
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