⏪ Gordon misses penalty as Everton and Newcastle draw at Goodison Park | OneFootball

After European action in midweek, the Premier League returned with six games, and delivered goals and drama aplenty.

Gordon misses penalty as Toffees earn another point

Anthony Gordon had a penalty saved by Jordan Pickford on his return to Merseyside as Everton and Newcastle drew 0-0 at Goodison Park.

The early stages saw several nervy moments for Everton, with Newcastle only being denied the opener via a goal line clearance.

The Toffees thought they had got the first goal just before the 20-minute mark, only for Abdoulaye Doucouré’s brilliant header to be ruled out by VAR for a clear offside.

In the 35th minute, there was a serious flashpoint as James Tarkowski foolishly gave away a penalty for pulling down Sandro Tonali at a corner. To the delight of Everton fans, Jordan Pickford saved ex-player Anthony Gordon’s weak spot kick.

Newcastle had more of the ball to start the second half, but were struggling to make any inroads on Pickford’s goal.

The home side had a penalty shout denied in the 67th minute. Dominic Calvert-Lewin went down after Nick Pope saved his shot from inside the box, but VAR decided the Everton striker had made contact with Dan Burn, and not the other way around.

Gordon had another great chance to score late on, but fired over from the right after breaking free of the Everton defence.

In truth, neither side showed enough quality in the final third to deserve a win, and a draw felt like a fair result.

Never say die from the Gunners

Scorers: Havertz 57′, Martinelli 69′, Sake 88′; Archer 55′

Despite a second half scare, Arsenal came from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 at the Emirates.

Raheem Sterling made his Premier League debut as Mikel Arteta rung the changes for Southampton’s trip to north London.

Meanwhile for the opposition, Aaron Ramsdale returned to the Emirates after his move in the summer.

It was pretty much all Arsenal in the opening half but the Gunners found it difficult to break down Saints’ stubborn defence.

The best chance to fell to Jorginho on 40 minutes but the Italy international’s effort from the edge of the area went just wide.

Whatever Russell Martin said at half time worked a treat as Saints almost took the lead just after the break as Tyler Dibling put in a teasing cross but Mateus Fernandes’s effort went just over the bar.

But amazingly, that missed chance didn’t come back to haunt the visitors as just minutes later Cameron Archer scored to shock the home crowd.

Their lead lasted just a few moments though as Kai Haverz finished brilliantly from the edge of the area.

The turnaround was complete for Arsenal on 69 minutes as Gabriel Martinelli tapped in at the back post after a cross from the right.

Saints weren’t going to capitulate though and could have got themselves an equaliser but Taylor Harwood-Bellis’s header came back off the bar.

The Gunners did eventually wrap up the three points in the dying moments as Bukayo Saka scored from close range.

So close and yet so far

Scorers: Kovačić 32′ 47′, Doku 82′; Pereira 27′, Muniz 90′

Fulham went close to beating Manchester City at the Etihad but a host of missed chances saw them go down 3-2 to the reigning champions.

Jack Grealish kept his place in the Manchester City attack as Phil Foden returned after his recent exile from the side.

It was Fulham who had the best chance of the opening exchanges as Adama Traore beat Rico Lewis for pace but saw his effort saved by Ederson’s feet.

And the west London side then took a shock lead on 27 minutes as Andreas Pereira acrobatically finished from close range.

Five minutes later though, City got themselves level as Mateo Kovacic reacted first inside the area and slotted in.

Into the second half and immediately City took the lead as Kovačić scored his second of the game.

Adama Traore was getting cursed by his own fans just after the hour mark however as the pacy forward missed yet another golden one-on-one.

And that profligacy was made to pay as Jeremy Doku fired in a stunning third for City with just eight minutes left.

In stoppage time however, Fulham pulled a goal back as Rodrigo Muniz swivelled in the area and struck home.

Hammering home the points

Scorers: Antonio 2′, Kudus 45′, Bowen 50′, Paqueta 69′; Delap 6′

West Ham finally clicked into gear this season as they beat Ipswich 4-1.

Michail Antonio was preferred in attack as the Hammers hoped to end their dreadful start to the campaign against the recently-promoted outfit.

And it was the Jamaica international who opened the scoring after just two minutes as Antonio finished off Jarrod Bowen’s cross.

The Tractor Boys weren’t going to let that strike stop them from playing though and it took just four minutes for Liam Delap to equalise.

Just before the break however, the hosts got themselves back ahead as Mohammed Kudus finished with aplomb.

Julen Lopetegui’s side scored a third just after the break as Jarrod Bowen beat his man and curled an effort into the bottom corner.

The win was virtually complete with 20 minutes to go as Lucas Paqueta got their fourth with a simple tap-in.

First half carnage

Scorers: Collins 2′ Mbeumo 20′ (PEN), Nørgaard 28′, Pinnock 45′, Carvalho 90′; Cunha 4′, Larsen 26′, Ait-Nouri 90+3′

A genuinely remarkable first half of football saw Brentford beat Wolves 5-3.

Basement club Wolves travelled to west London looking for their first win of the campaign against a Brentford side who, before today, had scored in the opening minute of their last three matches.

Amazingly, the hosts netted after two minutes this time as Nathan Collins powered home a header.

The lead lasted all of 90 seconds however as Matheus Cunha netted an equaliser for Gary O’Neil’s side.

Thomas Frank’s men retook the lead midway thorough the half though as Bryan Mbeumo bagged from the penalty spot.

This wild game then took another turn as Jørgen Strand Larsen pegged Wolves back again.

But just a minute later, astonishingly, Brentford took another lead through Christian Nørgaard.

And then right on the stroke of half time the Bees scored again at Ethan Pinnock made it 4-2.

In the second half, Brentford bagged their fifth with virtually the last kick of the game as Fabio Carvalho poked in.

Just because why not, Wolves also quickly netted again soon afterwards as Rayan Ait-Nouri put an end to a glorious game of football.

Foxes out of a hole

Scorers: Bounanotte 16′

Leicester did just enough to ground out a 1-0 win over Bournemouth at the King Power Stadium.

Jamie Vardy captained Leicester from attack as the Foxes aimed to get their opening win of 2024/25.

But it was Facundo Bounanotte who opened the scoring as he cut inside from the right-hand side and fired into the roof of the net.

Into the second half and the Cherries really should have equalised with 20 minutes to as Illya Zabarnyi’s header came crashing back off the post.

Jota does just enough

Scorers: Jota 8′

An early Diogo Jota strike was enough to see Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park.

Luis Diaz was dropped to the bench as Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota joined Mohamed Salah in attack as the Reds looked to go four points clear at the top of the table.

It was almost the perfect start for Palace inside 30 seconds as Eddie Nketiah tapped in but saw his goal ruled out for offside.

Liverpool then did take the lead after just eight minutes as Diogo Jota poked in after a fine team move.

Despite having scored against the run of play, Arne Slot’s side were now fully in charge of the game and had chances through Gakpo and Jota again.

Into the second half and once again it was Liverpool on top, but once again the Reds struggled to finish off the multiple opportunities they were creating in the final third.

Palace brought on Jean-Philippe Mateta and looked immediately more dangerous in attack with the Frenchman forcing a save from Alisson straightaway.

It was the Brazilian’s last action of the game as he worryingly limped off for Vitezslav Jaros to come on and make his debut between the posts.

And the debutante ended the match as the hero as he saved two Palace strikes to help Liverpool with the game.

Sunday sees Aston Villa host Manchester United, Nottingham Forest go to Chelsea and Brighton face Tottenham.