Roundup of latest Premier League action which produced plenty of drama across the table.
Virgil van Dijk’s header moved Liverpool onto the cusp of a second Premier League title with a 2-1 win at home to West Ham, after Andrew Robertson’s own-goal had pulled the Hammers briefly level following Luis Diaz’s first-half strike.
Arsenal remain second after Thomas Partey’s counter-attack strike was cancelled out by Yoane Wissa’s tightly-executed equaliser, as the Gunners stuttered to a 1-1 draw at home to Brentford.
Harvey Barnes’ second-half brace plus goals from Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes saw Newcastle thrash Manchester United 4-1 to initially go fourth, after Tonali’s opening goal had been cancelled out by Alejandro Garnacho before half-time.
Barnes then netted his third goal in three days as the Magpies thumped Crystal Palace 5-0 in a rearranged clash to go third with Jacob Murphy, Fabian Schar and Alexander Isak also on the scoresheet, during which Marc Guehi turned their second goal into his own net.
Nottingham Forest rounded out the top four despite slipping to a 1-0 home defeat to Everton as Abdoulaye Doucoure struck a 94th-minute winner to lift the Toffees up to 13th.
Down in the relegation zone, relegated Southampton suffered a 3-0 loss against Aston Villa at St Mary’s Stadium amidst a resilient defensive effort, which was ultimately undone by second-half goals from Villa substitututes; Ollie Watkins, Donyell Malen and John McGinn.
Leicester remained second-bottom but ended their eight-match goalless losing run with a 2-2 draw at Brighton, after Joao Pedro’s penalty brace twice put the Seagulls in front either side of comeback goals from Stephy Mavididi and Caleb Okoli for the Foxes.
Ipswich threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Chelsea, having led at half-time through goals from Julio Enciso and Ben Johnson before Axel Tuanzebe’s own-goal and Jadon Sancho’s strike rescued a point for Enzo Maresca’s Blues.
Elsewhere, second-half goals from Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee and Nico O’Reilly saw Manchester City stun Palace in a 5-2 comeback win, after Kevin De Bruyne and Omar Marmoush cancelled out early goals from Eberechi Eze and Chris Richards.
Rayan Ait-Nouri, Jorgen Strand Larsen and Matheus Cunha found the net as Wolves thrashed Tottenham 4-2 at Molineux, despite Mathys Tel and Richarlison’s valiant fightback for Spurs after Djed Spence deflected Wolves’ second goal into his own goal.
Finally, Antoine Semenyo struck a first-minute winner for Bournemouth in a closely-fought battle against Fulham, with his strike after 53 seconds reigniting the Cherries’ hopes of European qualification.
