The Premier League’s midweek action continues tonight with six matches, headlined by Manchester United’s visit to Arsenal.
Elsewhere, league leaders Liverpool travel to Newcastle, and Manchester City host Nottingham Forest looking to end a seven-game winless run.
Follow all the action here.
Arsenal vs Manchester United
Arsenal had the goal in the net inside three minutes, but Kai Havertz was clearly offside when he played the ball to Gabriel Martinelli.
Thomas Partey then missed a glorious chance as the Gunners piled the early pressure on, heading wide from almost a yard out.
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Newcastle United vs Liverpool
Scorers: Isak 35′;
Newcastle sprang out of the blocks at a very loud St. James’ Park, and had the first chance of the game inside two minutes. CaoimhÃn Kelleher did well to deny Sandro Tonali’s low shot from the edge of the box.
Liverpool grew into it after a slow start, with Alexis Mac Allister coming the closest to the opening goal, hitting the post with a low strike.
Jacob Murphy then hit the woodwork for the Magpies with a rasping strike from the right-hand side, that had Kelleher beaten.
After almost teeing up Lewis Hall for a goal, Alexander Isak took matters into his own hands, giving his side the lead with an incredible strike. After turning Virgil van Dijk, he unleashed a rocket from 25 yards that was past Kelleher before he knew it.
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Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest
Scorers: Bernardo 8′, De Bruyne 31′
City started the stronger, and took the lead after just eight minutes through Bernardo Silva. İlkay Gündoğan lifted the ball over to the returning Kevin de Bruyne, and his header found Silva, who poked the ball over the line for his first league goal of the season.
De Bruyne was sublime in the first half, and got himself on the scoresheet just after the half hour mark, just after Chris Wood missed a golden opportunity to level things up for Forest.
Jérémy Doku was allowed cut inside from the left too easily, and found his countryman in acres of space inside the box. The City captain took a touch before firing the ball past another Belgian, Forest keeper Matz Sels.
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Southampton vs Chelsea
Scorers: Aribo 11′; Disasi 7′, Nkunku 17′, Madueke 34′
The game off to a flying start, with thre goals inside the opening 17 minutes.
Chelsea broke the deadlock, Axel Disasi getting his head first on Enzo Fernandez’s corner. However, their lead only lasted a matter of moments, with Joe Aribo pulling Saints level after being found in the box by Kyle Walker-Peters.
The Blues regained their lead shortly after through Christopher Nkunku. It was a moment to forget for Southampton keeper Joe Lumley, as his pass from goal was intercepted by Noni Madueke, who found Nkunku to finish.
Both Cole Palmer and Tosin Adarabioyo hit the woodwork with efforts as the visitors threatened to run away with the game in the opening half hour.
They got a deserved third in the 34th minute, Madueke easily skipping past Ryan Manning before curling past Ludley.
Any hope of a Saints fightback appeared to be extinguished shortly after, when captain Jack Stephens was shown his second straight red card of the season, this time for foolishly pulling Marc Cucurella’s hair at a corner.
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Everton vs Wolves
Scorers: Young 11′, Mangala 34′
Ashley Young rolled back the years in the 11th minute, whipping a low free-kick around the Wolves wall and past José Sá.
Struggling to get into the game, Gary O’Neil’s side had a reprieve shortly after, Orel Mangala being adjudged to be offside prior to James Tarkowski putting the ball in the net.
Mangala atoned for his offside by grabbing the second goal himself 10 minutes before the break, and his first for the Toffees. Vitalii Mykolenko’s strike ricocheted into his path on the edge of the box, and the midfielder gave Sá no chance with a brilliant strike.
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Aston Villa vs Brentford
Scorers: Rogers 21′
There were only a handful of opportunities in the early moments at Villa Park, but the hosts grabbed the lead when their best chance arrived.
Villa were quick on the counter and sprung against Brentford before slowing down the ball. It was eventually shifted out to Morgan Rogers who found the top right corner from just outside of the box.
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