Manchester United and Manchester City missed the chance to demonstrate their title credentials with a cagey stalemate in their derby at Old Trafford.,
https://thevaultznews.com/world/uk/marcus-rashford-announces-alliance-with-food-industry-to-tackle-child-food-poverty/Manchester United thought they had won a penalty at the start of the second half when Kyle Walker clipped Marcus Rashford, but VAR rightly stepped in to correct a missed offside.
Manchester City were unusually uninspired but did force David de Gea to deny Riyad Mahrez in a one-on-one and United captain Harry Maguire came up with key blocks from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne shots.
In total, there were just four shots on target in the match on an evening when caution appeared to be the focus for both sides.
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s first Premier League goal of the season ensured Everton secured a 1-0 win over Chelsea to end the Blues’ 17-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
With 2,000 supporters back in the stands at Goodison Park, Sigurdsson’s calmly-slotted a penalty after Edouard Mendy had fouled Dominic Calvert-Lewin which proved to be enough to secure all three points for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.
Mason Mount struck the woodwork twice in the second period, while Everton were denied a second penalty after a VAR review showed Calvert-Lewin to have been in an offside position in the build-up.
Granit Xhaka was sent off for violent conduct and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored an own goal as Arsenal’s dismal season hit a new low with a 1-0 loss to Burnley at the Emirates Stadium.
Xhaka was shown a straight red card following a VAR review after he grabbed Ashley Westwood by the throat early in the second half, and Arsenal’s evening went from bad to worse when Aubameyang headed a Burnley corner into his own net
The 10-man hosts tried to rally in the closing stages, with Bukayo Saka seeing a goalbound effort headed over the bar by James Tarkowski, but Burnley held firm to claim only their second Premier League win of the season
Liverpool missed the chance to go top of the Premier League despite recovering from a woeful first half against Fulham to salvage a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage. The home side were roared on by their returning 2,000 supporters and deservedly led through Bobby Decordova-Reid’s blast, an improvement on their performance against Manchester City
Fit-again Alisson kept Liverpool in it during a wretched opening half from the visitors and Jurgen Klopp’s side battled back after the break, with Mohamed Salah converting a penalty on 79 minutes.
Despite having almost 79 per cent of possession in that second half, Liverpool couldn’t find a second, though, and are now without a win away from home in five Premier League games.
They will have another chance to go top of the table when they face Tottenham at Anfield in a mouth-watering clash on Wednesday, 16th December. Fulham, meanwhile, can take positives from their performance and, although they remain in 17th
Jeffrey Schlupp struck late to earn Crystal Palace a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Tottenham as the points were shared in the rain at Selhurst Park.
Harry Kane’s ninth Premier League goal of the season gave visitors the lead midway through the first half, with Vicente Guaita beaten from 25 yards out by the striker’s swirling effort.
Guaita made a superb one-handed save to deny Eric Dier’s free-kick in stoppage time.
Leicester City moved to within one point of the Premier League summit after a comprehensive 3-0 victory against Brighton.
James Maddison’s deflected strike gave Brendan Rodgers’ side the lead before Jamie Vardy scored his 12th goal of the season to double the advantage.
Maddison’s second goal underlined Leicester’s dominance just before the break with a stunning strike into the top corner, and they were rarely troubled by Brighton as they eased to victory in the second half.
Che Adams, Stuart Armstrong and Nathan Redmond sent Southampton fourth in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over winless Sheffield United.
Adams beat John Egan to fire in from James Ward-Prowse’s free-kick 11 minutes before the break in an opening period dominated by the hosts, and where the Blades attempted the fewest passes of any Premier League side in any first half in nearly 14 years.
Despite a brief resurgence from the visitors after half-time, Southampton soon regained their stronghold in the game and had Armstrong’s 20-yard effort deflect off Phil Jagielka and past Aaron Ramsdale.
With eight minutes left they put victory beyond all doubt when Redmond, on as a substitute only moments before, played a lovely one-two with Oriol Romeu before slotting beyond Ramsdale.
The win lifted Southampton up to fourth on the table, whiles Sheffield United continue to endure the worst start of any Premier League season ever, with one point from 12 games.
Miguel Almiron scored the fastest Premier League goal of the season so far and Dwight Gayle netted against his former club as Newcastle edged struggling West Brom 2-1 at St James’ Park.
Paraguay international Almiron opened the scoring after just 19.98 seconds – Newcastle’s second-fastest strike in Premier League history – only for the visitors to hit back five minutes after half-time through Darnell Furlong’s third goal for the club.
However, substitute Gayle – making his first appearance of the season – won it for Steve Bruce’s team with a brilliant header eight minutes from time.
West Ham moved up to sixth in the Premier League table as headed goals from Tomas Soucek and Angelo Ogbonna secured a 2-1 victory at Leeds
Leeds took an early lead as Mateusz Klich scored from the penalty spot at the second time of asking after VAR had ruled Lukasz Fabianski, who brought down Patrick Bamford to give away the spot-kick, to be off his line in saving the initial penalty.
However, the hosts’ problems from set pieces continued to haunt them as Soucek brought the Hammers level in the 25th minute, before Ogbonna sealed all three points 10 minutes from time.
Leeds have conceded seven goals from set pieces in the Premier League this season (excl. penalties); the joint-most in the competition, along with Leicester.
Anwar El Ghazi’s 94th-minute penalty saw Aston Villa beat Wolves 1-0 at Molineux, in a bad-tempered game where both sides ended with 10 men.
Substitute El Ghazi stepped up from 12 yards after John McGinn had been tripped by Nelson Semedo inside the Wolves box, although Villa also had a sensational performance from goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to thank for their first points in three games.
He had earlier twice denied Leander Dendoncker with superb stops while 18-year-old Wolves forward Fabio Silva hit the base of the far post with the game goalless.
Villa looked likely to be left holding onto a point after Douglas Luiz was sent off for a second yellow card shortly before El Ghazi’s penalty. But both sides ended the game with 10 men as Joao Moutinho followed him down the tunnel in the dying seconds for another second bookable offence, with Mike Dean showing 11 yellow cards across the 90 minutes in a stop-start affair.
