Sunday, Aug 21 - Crystal Palace 0 Arsenal 1 (Odegaard pen 54'): A second-half penalty earned Arsenal all three points even though Takehiro Tomiyasu was sent-off with 23 minutes still to go. The full-back was shown a second yellow card for taking too long over a throw-in. "To play 30 minutes away from home with 10 men is extremely difficult," said Gunners manager Mikel Arteta. "The subs were magnificent, they knew what they had to do." Getty
PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND RESULTS: Friday, Aug 18, 2023 - Nottingham Forest 2 (Awoniyi 3', Wood 89') Sheffield United 1 (Hamer 48'): A late header from subsitute Chris Wood earned Forest the victory after a superb Gustavo Hamer goal had cancelled out Taiwo Awoniyi's early goal. "We played the real football in the game, the real tactical ideas. In the end, we've scored two really good goals," said Forest manager Steve Cooper. AFP
Saturday, Aug 19 - Fulham 0 Brentford 3 (Wissa 44', Mbeumo pen 66', 90'+2): Yoane Wissa and a Bryan Mbeumo double earned Brentford West London bragging rights. Fulham were reduced to 10 men when captain Tim Ream was sent off for a second yellow card that led to Mbeumo scoring from the spot. "It is difficult to understand because in my opinion this was a clear error from the referee," said Fulham manager Marco Silva. AFP
Liverpool 3 (Diaz 28', Salah 36', Jota 62') Bournemouth 1 (Semenyo 3'): Liverpool sealed a comeback win thanks to goals from Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota. Reds' summer signing Alexis Mac Allister was sent off on his home debut. "This shouldn't have been a red card," said manager Jurgen Klopp. "It's a mistake and the punishment of playing 40 minutes with 10 men is already punishment enough." Getty
Wolves 1 (Hwang 61') Brighton 4 (Mitoma 15', Estupinan 46', March 51', 55'): Brighton powered to their second successive 4-1 win thanks to goals from Kaoru Mitoma, Pervis Estupinan and a Solly March double. Matheus Nunes was shown a late red card for Wolves. "I have an incredible squad [with] the right mix between young and old players. We're happy, but we know our potential is bigger," said Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi. Reuters
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Sarr 49', Li Martinez og 83')
Manchester United 0: Spurs secured their first win of the Ange Postecoglou era after an exciting game in North London. Pape Matar Sarr's close-range finish opening the scoring before Ivan Perisic's cross took a touch off Ben Davies before going in via Lisandro Martinez. "We are disappointed today," said United manager Erik ten Hag. "We have to look at ourselves to score our chances, and we did not. AFP
Manchester City 1 (Alvarez 31') Newcastle United 0: A fine finish from Julian Alvarez earned champions City a hard-fought victory over a Newcastle side that has never won a Premier League game the Etihad Stadium. “There are no words to express my gratitude for the performance we gave. It was really, really good," said manager Pep Guardiola. "It is the second game but after what we done in the last season, we are still there." EPA
Sunday, Aug 20 - Aston Villa 4 (McGinn 18', Douglas Luiz pen 24, Bailey 51', Duran 75') Everton 0: A disastrous day for Everton who lost luckless striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin to yet another injury, saw Alex Iwobi also hobble off before falling to a heavy defeat against a side that lost 5-1 last week. "Really amazing because I think we controlled the game, we were for 90 minutes strong," said manager Unai Emery. "We deserved to win." Getty
West Ham 3 (Aguerd 7', Antonio 53', Paqueta pen 90'+5) Chelsea 1 (Chukwuemeka 28'): West Ham took the honours in an incident-packed game at the London Stadium. As well as the four goals, Enzo Fernandez missed a penalty and West Ham goalscorer Nayef Aguerd was sent off in the second half. "It was a very difficult game, they play quality football and a lot of running off the ball and not on it," said West Ham scorer Michail Antonio. Getty
Sunday, Aug 21 - Crystal Palace 0 Arsenal 1 (Odegaard pen 54'): A second-half penalty earned Arsenal all three points even though Takehiro Tomiyasu was sent-off with 23 minutes still to go. The full-back was shown a second yellow card for taking too long over a throw-in. "To play 30 minutes away from home with 10 men is extremely difficult," said Gunners manager Mikel Arteta. "The subs were magnificent, they knew what they had to do." Getty
PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND RESULTS: Friday, Aug 18, 2023 - Nottingham Forest 2 (Awoniyi 3', Wood 89') Sheffield United 1 (Hamer 48'): A late header from subsitute Chris Wood earned Forest the victory after a superb Gustavo Hamer goal had cancelled out Taiwo Awoniyi's early goal. "We played the real football in the game, the real tactical ideas. In the end, we've scored two really good goals," said Forest manager Steve Cooper. AFP
Saturday, Aug 19 - Fulham 0 Brentford 3 (Wissa 44', Mbeumo pen 66', 90'+2): Yoane Wissa and a Bryan Mbeumo double earned Brentford West London bragging rights. Fulham were reduced to 10 men when captain Tim Ream was sent off for a second yellow card that led to Mbeumo scoring from the spot. "It is difficult to understand because in my opinion this was a clear error from the referee," said Fulham manager Marco Silva. AFP
Liverpool 3 (Diaz 28', Salah 36', Jota 62') Bournemouth 1 (Semenyo 3'): Liverpool sealed a comeback win thanks to goals from Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota. Reds' summer signing Alexis Mac Allister was sent off on his home debut. "This shouldn't have been a red card," said manager Jurgen Klopp. "It's a mistake and the punishment of playing 40 minutes with 10 men is already punishment enough." Getty
Wolves 1 (Hwang 61') Brighton 4 (Mitoma 15', Estupinan 46', March 51', 55'): Brighton powered to their second successive 4-1 win thanks to goals from Kaoru Mitoma, Pervis Estupinan and a Solly March double. Matheus Nunes was shown a late red card for Wolves. "I have an incredible squad [with] the right mix between young and old players. We're happy, but we know our potential is bigger," said Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi. Reuters
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Sarr 49', Li Martinez og 83')
Manchester United 0: Spurs secured their first win of the Ange Postecoglou era after an exciting game in North London. Pape Matar Sarr's close-range finish opening the scoring before Ivan Perisic's cross took a touch off Ben Davies before going in via Lisandro Martinez. "We are disappointed today," said United manager Erik ten Hag. "We have to look at ourselves to score our chances, and we did not. AFP
Manchester City 1 (Alvarez 31') Newcastle United 0: A fine finish from Julian Alvarez earned champions City a hard-fought victory over a Newcastle side that has never won a Premier League game the Etihad Stadium. “There are no words to express my gratitude for the performance we gave. It was really, really good," said manager Pep Guardiola. "It is the second game but after what we done in the last season, we are still there." EPA
Sunday, Aug 20 - Aston Villa 4 (McGinn 18', Douglas Luiz pen 24, Bailey 51', Duran 75') Everton 0: A disastrous day for Everton who lost luckless striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin to yet another injury, saw Alex Iwobi also hobble off before falling to a heavy defeat against a side that lost 5-1 last week. "Really amazing because I think we controlled the game, we were for 90 minutes strong," said manager Unai Emery. "We deserved to win." Getty
West Ham 3 (Aguerd 7', Antonio 53', Paqueta pen 90'+5) Chelsea 1 (Chukwuemeka 28'): West Ham took the honours in an incident-packed game at the London Stadium. As well as the four goals, Enzo Fernandez missed a penalty and West Ham goalscorer Nayef Aguerd was sent off in the second half. "It was a very difficult game, they play quality football and a lot of running off the ball and not on it," said West Ham scorer Michail Antonio. Getty
Sunday, Aug 21 - Crystal Palace 0 Arsenal 1 (Odegaard pen 54'): A second-half penalty earned Arsenal all three points even though Takehiro Tomiyasu was sent-off with 23 minutes still to go. The full-back was shown a second yellow card for taking too long over a throw-in. "To play 30 minutes away from home with 10 men is extremely difficult," said Gunners manager Mikel Arteta. "The subs were magnificent, they knew what they had to do." Getty