Manchester Metropolis did simply sufficient to beat lowly Southampton 1-0 due to an early Erling Haaland aim on Saturday as they provisionally climbed atop the Premier League to tee up Sunday’s conflict between fellow title contenders Liverpool and Arsenal.
Excessive-flying Aston Villa needed to accept a 1-1 draw with visiting Bournemouth after conceding on the loss of life as late targets have been a characteristic of the afternoon’s leisure.
Brentford clawed again a two-goal deficit to beat 10-man Ipswich City 4-3 and Wolverhampton Wanderers escaped Brighton & Hove Albion with a 2-2 draw due to a stoppage-time equaliser.
Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland scored an early aim to offer the champions a two-point cushion over Liverpool, who’re second and go to fourth-placed Arsenal on Sunday.
“I’ll watch (Sunday’s recreation),” mentioned Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola. “I want to be on high than not be on high, however it’s not the purpose. Simply look what occurred in the present day, Villa dropped factors and Brighton dropped factors as a result of it’s so troublesome.”
Whereas Haaland scored a stunner in Wednesday’s 5-0 Champions League thrashing of Sparta Prague, he had gone three Premier League video games and not using a aim earlier than ending that mini-drought within the fifth minute on Saturday.
Wrestling with defender Jan Bednarek, the 24-year-old Norwegian, a grasp of scoring from tight angles, stabbed the ball into the roof of the web with a toe whereas falling.
Unai Emery’s Villa climbed to 3rd spot, 5 factors off the tempo, and stretched their unbeaten run to 11 video games in all competitions, though a late Evanilson header for Bournemouth cancelled out Ross Barkley’s opener for the dominant hosts.
Villa peppered Bournemouth’s aim from the beginning, squandering a number of possibilities earlier than second-half substitute Barkley hooked the ball house from shut vary within the 76th minute from a Leon Bailey knock-down.
Bournemouth went trying to find a leveller in stoppage time and struck within the 96th minute when Brazilian ahead Evanilson misplaced his marker and glanced Marcus Tavernier’s very good free-kick previous goalkeeper Emi Martinez.
“We deserved to win, we dominated,” Emery mentioned. “They scored within the final second and we now have to just accept it. However we have been incredible once more, actually I’m very comfortable.”
LATE EQUALISER
Wolves’ Matheus Cunha netted an outstanding stoppage-time equaliser at Brighton as they got here from two targets right down to seize some extent that lifts them off the underside of the desk.
The Seagulls dominated the primary half however it took till the forty fifth minute for the house facet to interrupt the impasse with a slick end from Danny Welbeck.
The sport regarded over when Brighton substitute Evan Ferguson turned and shot into the bottom-left nook within the 86th.
However Wanderers’ Rayan Ait-Nouri lashed house a free ball after a nook two minutes later to arrange a grandstand end, with Cunha rattling the ball into the web within the third minute of stoppage time for a very unlikely draw.
The purpose – solely the second of the season for Wolves – takes them up a spot to nineteenth, one forward of Southampton.
Wolves boss Gary O’Neil mentioned: “I’m delighted for the gamers and the followers often because … the gamers have given a lot, and I do know it can not all the time look that method as a result of outcomes can cloud issues, however they’ve given an terrible lot, and should you maintain doing that, it will possibly’t proceed to go in opposition to you.”
Bryan Mbeumo’s double helped Brentford to their 4-3 comeback win over Ipswich City that stored up their red-hot house type.
Promoted Ipswich regarded headed for his or her first win of the season after going 2-0 up via Sam Szmodics and George Hirst.
However Yoane Wissa’s strike and a Harry Clarke personal aim introduced the scores stage by halftime and the Bees then led via Mbeumo’s second-half penalty conceded by defender Clarke.
Ipswich have been diminished to 10 males when Clarke was despatched off within the 69th however they managed to equalise due to substitute Liam Delap’s 86th minute aim, just for Mbeumo to win the sport for the house facet in added time with a long-range effort.
Everton have been internet hosting Fulham in Saturday’s late recreation, whereas there are 4 video games scheduled for Sunday.
