Chelsea beat Liverpool with late Estevao goal as Arsenal top Premier League

Estevao struck successful added clip for Chelsea to inflict a 3rd consecutive decision connected Premier League champion Liverpool.

The Brazilian slid successful astatine the acold station to seal a 2-1 win for the Blues that sparked chaotic celebrations aft a thrilling clash astatine Stamford Bridge connected Saturday.

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The teenager’s archetypal extremity since his determination from Palmeiras ensured Liverpool goes into the planetary interruption having been knocked disconnected the apical of the standings.

Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo had fixed his broadside a half-time pb pursuing a fierce thrust from extracurricular the box, but Cody Gapko levelled.

“Last season, we mislaid against Chelsea arsenic well. Stamford Bridge is ever hard [to play at]. We were precise adjacent to a result. [It’s each about] Small margins,” Liverpool manager Arne Slot said.

The Dutchman besides went connected to bespeak connected the defeats astatine Galatasaray successful the Champions League connected Tuesday and astatine Crystal Palace past weekend.

“As I said astatine Galatasaray, we had a one-vs-one, past they get a penalty,” helium said. “We conceded successful extra, other clip against Palace. And past today, they people a extremity that could spell astatine either end.”

Arsenal claimed archetypal place, a constituent up of Liverpool, aft beating West Ham 2-0 earlier successful the day.

Manchester United besides secured a important triumph arsenic they won against Sunderland 2-0.

Relief for Manchester United manager Amorim

Ruben Amorim rang the changes and the Manchester United manager got the effect helium desperately needed.

United’s triumph whitethorn quieten the mounting speculation implicit Amorim’s position, adjacent if lone temporarily. He has inactive to pb United to back-to-back victories successful the league aft astir a twelvemonth successful charge, but this was a measurement successful the close direction.

“Of course, it’s truly important to triumph games and person a amended feeling, but we request to hide this crippled and spell for the adjacent one,” helium said.

Amorim showed his ruthless broadside by dropping $84m summertime signing Matheus Cunha and handing a archetypal commencement to caller goalkeeper Senne Lammens successful a crippled that was seen arsenic different imaginable stumbling artifact aft losing 3 of their opening six league matches.

Those decisions paid disconnected with first-half goals from Mason Mount and Benjamin Sesko astatine Old Trafford and a archetypal cleanable expanse of the season.

This was lone Amorim’s 10th triumph from 34 league games and going into Saturday’s match, helium accepted it would beryllium “impossible” to proceed successful the occupation if results did not turn.

Which is wherefore triumph against Sunderland was important successful a week erstwhile helium was criticised by United greats Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville, and earlier the planetary break, which has traditionally been a convenient clip to marque managerial changes.

“There’s ever a batch of pressure, particularly successful a nine similar this, but we ever effort to instrumentality it successful a affirmative way,” said Sesko, who scored for the 2nd crippled moving aft his determination from RB Leipzig worthy up to $99m. “We did it, and we showed erstwhile again that we tin play well, that we tin triumph games.”

Mikel Arteta, manager of Arsenal, embraces William Saliba of Arsenal aft the team’s triumph successful the Premier League lucifer [Julian Finney/Getty Images]

Arsenal connected a roll

That is 4 wins successful enactment for Arsenal.

Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, from the punishment spot, inflicted a archetypal decision connected caller West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo successful Arteta’s 300th crippled successful charge.

“I wanted to observe it with a win, I’ve got it,” Arteta said.

After a daunting commencement to the campaign, Arsenal was backmost successful the rubric hunt pursuing 3 seasons arsenic runner-up.

Saka, who scored connected his 200th quality for the club, is convinced Arteta volition present trophies.

“We’ve had immoderate pugnacious games, peculiarly away. We are successful a beardown spot successful the Premier League and looking guardant to coming backmost and pushing on,” helium told the BBC. “Mikel has precise overmuch improved my game. I americium precise grateful to person him arsenic my coach. He volition bring this nine occurrence and [I’m] looking guardant to erstwhile that time comes.”

But triumph came astatine a outgo aft different wounded to skipper Martin Odegaard.

Kudus gets disconnected the people for Tottenham

Mohammed Kudus scored his archetypal Tottenham extremity to support Thomas Frank’s squad riding high.

Kudus’ second-half onslaught from the borderline of the container secured a 2-1 triumph astatine Leeds to determination Spurs up to third.

Spurs were unbeaten successful their past 7 games successful each competitions and person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful the league nether Frank, who took complaint during the off-season.

Kudus was 1 of Frank’s large signings successful the offseason — joining from West Ham — and the guardant produced the decisive infinitesimal astatine Elland Road, wherever helium chopped successful from the close and fired debased past Karl Darlow successful the 57th minute.

Spurs led done Mathys Tel, whose deflected changeable rocketed into the apical corner.

Leeds, which was unbeaten astatine location since February, equalised done Noah Okafor from adjacent scope successful the 34th.