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Chelsea Maul Bournemouth 5-1
Jordan Henderson scored his first Chelsea goals to help his new side to a dominant victory over Bournemouth.
The 36-year-old midfielder, making his home debut, fired in off the post after just 68 seconds, before adding a second after the break. Joao Pedro also scored twice, while Morgan Rogers was on target.
Evanilson pulled one back to briefly give Bournemouth hope at 3-1, but the Cherries remain winless in the Premier League under new manager Marco Rose.
Chelsea’s romp began in the second minute when Henderson scored with their first shot of the game, curling a shot in off the inside of the post after being played through by Cole Palmer, who signed a new contract until 2034 in the hours before kick-off.
Just 84 seconds later, Henderson played in Rogers, whose cross-shot was flicked over Bournemouth goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic by defender Antonio Silva. Rogers was awarded his fourth goal of the season after a check by the video assistant referee.
Bournemouth brought on Ben Gannon-Doak at half-time, but 30 seconds later they were 3-0 down.
Joao Pedro fired into the top right-hand corner after Pedro Neto reacted well to another Silva mistake in the box.
Evanilson pulled one back five minutes later when Moises Caicedo’s clearance ricocheted off him after a dangerous corner fell at his feet inside the six-yard box.
But Joao Pedro tapped in a Pep Chavarria cross moments later before Henderson curled a 25-yard free-kick past Petrovic to round off the scoring.
Chelsea’s first win in four matches lifts them into the top five. Bournemouth, meanwhile, are only outside of the relegation zone on goal difference.
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Solanke Stuns Man Utd At Old Trafford
Dominic Solanke scored in stoppage time to salvage a point for 10-man Tottenham as they snatched a draw against Manchester United in a feisty encounter at Old Trafford.
It looked as if United were about to pile more misery on the visitors following their pitiful start to the Premier League season when Bryan Mbeumo broke the deadlock in the 73rd minute.
Things went from bad to worse for Spurs when Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off five minutes later for headbutting Luke Shaw, who had shoved him over after a reckless challenge from the Uruguay midfielder.
But Solanke, who was captaining Tottenham for the first time, nodded Sandro Tonali’s cross into the back of the net in the second minute of added time to lift Spurs off the bottom of the table.
Roberto de Zerbi’s side remain winless, however, and stay in the relegation zone, above both Fulham and Coventry City, with just three points from the first six games.
United have suffered their own shaky start to the campaign with just one victory and a sluggish first-half performance was met with boos by the home fans on Saturday.
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Brentford Still Unbeaten, Overcome Villa Away
Brentford maintained their stunning unbeaten run as they came from behind to earn a point and end Aston Villa’s hopes of a first Premier League home win this season.
The Bees came into this game as one of four unbeaten sides in the top flight this season and are now eight Premier League matches without defeat stretching back to last season.
Unai Emery’s side had lost their two previous games at Villa Park and they made the worst possible start when Yehor Yarmoliuk fired the Bees into a 10th-minute lead.
Just 88 seconds later, Nicolas Jackson scored for the second game running to pull Villa level.
Both sides looked content with a point until the second half sprung into life late on.
Villa captain John McGinn thought he’d secured the three points when his strike took a massive deflection off Kristoffer Ajer before flying beyond goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
But, once again, the response time was almost instant.
Jaidon Anthony teed up defender Ajer, who made up for aiding McGinn’s goal by slotting home the equaliser.
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Brighton Maintain Form Beat Sunderland With Handicap
Brighton maintained their strong pre-international break form with victory at Sunderland, despite playing half an hour with 10 men in controversial circumstances.
Goals from Maxim de Cuyper and Jaouen Hadjam meant the Seagulls stay third in the table, two points behind joint-leaders Manchester City and Arsenal.
Pascal Gross yet again was the provider for the 53rd-minute opener, a slide-rule pass out to the left to find de Cuyper who slid a low finish past home keeper Robin Roefs.
The game was almost turned on its head just four minutes later after Wilson Isidor went down under pressure from Brighton defender Pascal Struijk, who was the last man as the Sunderland forward tried to run on to a through-ball.
Neither referee Thomas Bramall nor his assistant gave a foul initially, but video assistant referee (VAR) Neil Davies intervened and called the match official to the screen. After watching the replay multiple times, Bramall gave Struijk a straight red card to disbelief from the visitors.
Brighton fended off the 11 men, however, and added a second in stoppage time when left-back Hadjam finished a counter-attack with a low strike across Roefs for his first goal for the club.
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