In a thrilling Premier League match at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal overpowered struggling Southampton to secure a 3-1 victory, courtesy of pivotal contributions from winger Bukayo Saka. The game was uneventful in the first half, until 55 minutes in, when Southampton’s Cameron Archer broke the deadlock. However, Arsenal quickly recovered with Kai Havertz levelling the score in under four minutes, assisted by Saka.
Arsenal gained the lead with Gabriel Martinelli, a substitute scoring a sensational goal from close quarters in the 69th minute, following another excellent cross from Saka. The winger finally made his mark on the scoresheet in the 88th minute, wrapping up the win for Arsenal. As a result of this win, Arsenal are now third in the League, with 17 points equal with Manchester City and just trailing Liverpool by a point.
Over at Etihad Stadium, Manchester City clinched an exhilarating 3-2 win over Fulham under the blazing sun, primarily thanks to a brace by Mateo Kovacic. This result allowed City to maintain their second position in the league with 17 points, one behind leaders Liverpool. Fulham, managed by Marco Silva, are currently in sixth place with 11 points.
Despite City’s dominance in possession during the initial phase of the match, it was Fulham’s Andreas Pereira who found the net first, aided by a clever pass from teammate Raul Jimenez. However, Kovacic’s goal in the 32nd minute brought City back into the game. Just after the break, Kovacic fired a remarkable shot from the edge of the box, assisting in City’s victory.
In the 82nd minute of the match, Jeremy Doku managed to secure a crucial two-goal lead for City, his first score of the season, by expertly launching the ball into the top corner. Rodrigo Muniz, however, didn’t let his team go down without a fight, netting one for the visitors with only two minutes remaining. Nevertheless, City emerged triumphant.
In London Stadium’s first home victory of the Premier League season, West Ham United overpowered Ipswich Town 4-1, with coach Julen Lopetegui at the helm. Michail Antonio made his mark in the opening minute, putting the Hammers ahead, only for Ipswich’s Liam Delap to level the score six minutes later.
As Ipswich threatened a first Premier League victory, West Ham wrestled back the upper hand just before halftime, courtesy of Mohammed Kudus. His goal followed Antonio’s header which ricocheted off the crossbar. Shortly into the second half, Jarrod Bowen netted West Ham’s third goal, before assisting Lucas Paqueta twenty minutes later on the clincher. Having broken their four-game draw spell, West Ham has earned eight points in seven matches, while Ipswich survives just above the drop zone with four points.
Brentford achieved a 5-3 victory in a high-scoring slugfest against Wolves, recording a first-minute goal in their fourth consecutive Premier League match. Nathan Collins’ header in the second minute edged them ahead. Wolves didn’t lag behind for long; Matheus Cunha evened the score two minutes later.
Wolves fell again when they conceded a penalty after VAR saw Mario Lemina pull down Collins. Bryan Mbeumo converted the spot-kick for his sixth goal of the campaign. Still, Wolves quickly responded with Jorgen Larsen bringing it to 2-2. Brentford, however, had the last laugh before halftime. Christian Norgaard and Ethan Pinnock put two past Wolves, ensuring a comfortable lead at the break, making the score 4-2.
In the second half of the game, it was less tumultuous, but Brentford netted the fifth goal in the dying moments of the match. Fabio Carvalho managed to get a short-range shot in, just before Rayan Ait-Nouri of Wolves delivered a fierce shot that slipped through goalkeeper Mark Flekken’s legs. Following their defeat, Wolves found themselves at the bottom of the league table with only a single point from seven matches, while Brentford rose to the ninth spot with a total of 10 points.
In a separate match, Leicester City registered their first victory of the Premier League season with a 1-0 home triumph over Bournemouth. This win was mainly due to a fantastic goal by Facundo Buonanotte, the attack-minded midfielder, in the first half of the match at the King Power Stadium. The goal, a result of Buonanotte’s individual class, came 16 minutes into the game and brought joy to the home supporters. He received a lobbed pass from James Justin, the full back before delivering a thunderous shot with his left foot that found the net’s top corner.
Bournemouth’s defensive midfielder, Lewis Cook thought he had levelled the scores after netting a direct free-kick 65 minutes into the game. However, his goal was disapproved for being offside. Thanks to this win, Leicester rose to the 15th position in the Premier League table, and Bournemouth fell to the 13th spot as the remaining matches of the weekend were set to take place.