FOOTBALL: Roundup of Sunday games
Emmanuel Alfred
United gunned down at the Emirates
Two late goals were what Arsenal needed to inflict a second league defeat to Manchester United this season at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
United took the lead in the 27th minute with Marcus Rashford after he was released gloriously by Christian Eriksen to score for the third game in a stretch against Arsenal in the Premier League.
The Gunners equalized through captain Martin Odegaard some seconds later.
The game which was largely scrappy had a very chaotic ending as United believed they had taken three points with Alejandro Garnacho’s 88th-minute goal only for it be ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee.
Summer signing, Declan Rice, who arrived from West Ham for £105m had his shot deflected to give the home side a lead in the 108th minute before Brazilian, Gabriel wrapped it with a beautiful finish to send the crowd into an explosion.
Mikel Arteta’s men have now recorded 3 straight home wins over Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.
Liverpool win inspite Saudi interest in Salah
Liverpool put aside nagging interest for Mohamed Salah as they beat Aston Villa 3-0 at Anfield on Sunday.
The Reds who have been dealing with the £150m bid for the Egyptian from Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad were generally impressive and fluid in their transition.
Dominik Szoboszlai got the first goal after just three minutes in his first goal for the club with a shot that went through the crowded box.
Jurgen Klopp’s doubled their advantage when last week’s hero Matty Cash saw Darwin Nunez’s attempt hit him for an own goal.
Salah then made it three nil in the second half to seal the fate of a Villa side that was generally lacking the attacking flair that saw them win three straight games this season.
Edouard gives Palace win over Wolves
Two goals from Odsonne Edouard saw Crystal Palace beat Wolves in a highly entertaining Premier League match.
Crystal Palace went ahead when Edouard got in between two Wolves defenders to score from Tyrick Mitchell’s cross.
Hwang Hee-chan came from the bench to equalise almost immediately after coming in from Pedro Neto’s free-kick.
Eberechi Eze, who was denied earlier by Wolves goalkeeper, Jose Sa scored after Jean-Philippe Mateta had headed the ball towards his direction.
Edouard got the brace and what turned out to be the winner after he combined with Mateta to produce a calm finish.
There was however a late goal by Matheus Cunha as he headed home from close range but Palace got three points.
Serie A: inter wins to go joint top with city rivals
Inter Milan produced a fantastic display against Fiorentina at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on Sunday and go level on points rivals AC Milan.
The Nerazurri who have a perfect run in Serie A after winning all three games saw Argentine forward and skipper, Lautaro Martinez getting a brace.
Summer signing, Marcus Thuram drew first blood with an early goal and then assisted Martinez who scored to see Inter go two up.
Simeone Inzaghi’s side were ruthlessly efficient all around as Hakan Calhanoglu benefitted from Thuram’s tenacity to add a third.
The fourth goal which turned out to be the best of the night came 17 minutes from time when Martinez scored again as he met substitute Juan Cuadrado’s low ball to beat the goalkeeper.
Inter are now joint top in the Serie A their city rivals AC and have yet to concede a goal.
Danilo and Chiesa saw for Juve to see off Empoli
Juventus scored in both halves as they recorded a two nil victory over bottom club Empoli.
Massimiliano Allegri’s side got the first took the lead in the first half through Danilo Filip Kostic’s corner which dropped to Danilo to dispatch it home.
The Old Ladies thought they had gone two up but Dusan Vlahovic had his penalty saved by Empoli goalkeeper, Etrit Berisha.
In an affair that had Juve culpable of missing chances, Federico Chiesa made it three after Arkadiusz Milik pushed through a long ball which Chiesa scored inside the near post.
Juventus have now moved up to third in the table with two wins and a draw from their opening games.
Bundesliga: Leipzig downs Berlin
Union Berlin lost their first home game after 24 league matches as they were comfortably beaten by RB Leipzig at the Alte Foersterei Stadium.
Xavi Simons had put Leipzig in front in the 51st minute with a spectacular drive.
Substitute Benjamin Sesko then scored twice in two minutes late in the game to give them a 3-0 win.
Ligue 1: PSG thrashes Lyon on the road
A first-half brace by Kylian Mbappé had Paris Saint-Germain earn a 4-1 rout over troubled side Lyon in Ligue 1 with all the four goals coming in the first half.
Mbappe grabbed an early penalty and got the second with a one on one finish. Achraf Hakimi and former Real Madrid forward Marco Asensio scoring in between.
PSG have two wins and two draws from their opening four games while Lyon have just one point in three games and sit bottom of the table.
La Liga: Lewy wins tense game for Barcelona
Barcelona were made to rue first half missed chances when they faced Osasuna at the El Sadar Stadium as the the home side finished with ten men.
Frenkie De Jong, Ilkay Gündogan and Robert Lewandowski would have given the defending champions a comfortable game in the first but were wasteful in front of goal.
Osasuna slowly built momentum and got in the game and could have taken the lead but Barca had goalkeeper, Marc-Andre ter Stegen to thank as the German made two brilliant saves to keep the game at goalless.
At the stroke of halftime, Jules Kounde, headed home from a corner to give the away side the lead.
Halftime team talks seemed to yield fruits as the home side came out really strong and saw their pressure rewarded as Chimy Avila fired in from 20 yards with 15 minutes left.
Barça were then awarded a penalty after Osasuna defender, Alejandro Catena brought down Polish forward, Robert Lewandowski and was red carded for denying a goalscoring opportunity which the Polish forward scored.
