WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Wolverhampton scored twice in stoppage time to beat Tottenham 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday, handing Spurs back-to-back losses for the first time this season.
Mario Lemina struck in the 97th-minute after Pablo Sarabia had evened the score six minutes earlier at Molineux Stadium.
The visitors led from Brennan Johnson's goal after just three minutes and were poised to regain first place from Manchester City.
Instead, new manager Ange Postecoglou’s team remained one point behind the defending champions after having gone unbeaten in the first 10 games of the season.
Tottenham lost 4-1 to Chelsea on Monday after having two players sent off. The game at Molineux was going to be a test of its character and Johnson's early goal was the perfect response.
Sarabia evened the score when he controlled Matheus Cunha's cross and volleyed a left-footed shot past Guglielmo Vicario at the near post.
For the winner, Sarabia was the provider with an incisive pass into the box. Lemina connected with a first time shot from close range to find the bottom corner of the net.
Wolves' late goals sparked wild scenes that could see Spurs drop down to fourth by the end of the weekend.
Arsenal 3, Burnley 1
In London, William Saliba scored his first goal of the season as Arsenal climbed into second place in the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over Burnley, despite finishing the game with 10 men.
Saliba headed home a corner to restore Arsenal's lead in the 57th minute, shortly after Josh Brownhill had equalized against the run of play at the Emirates.
In a game that largely took place inside the Burnley half, Leandro Trossard opened the scoring just before the halftime break and Oleksandr Zinchenko made the game safe with a leaping volley in the 74th.
That two-goal cushion proved comforting when substitute Fabio Vieira was sent off in the 83rd with a studs-up challenge on Brownhill.
Arsenal bounced back from its first league loss of the season at Newcastle last weekend to move above Tottenham, which lost 2-1 at Wolverhampton earlier Saturday. The Gunners are level on 27 points with leader Manchester City, which visits Chelsea on Sunday.
Arsenal went ahead just before the halftime break when Zinchenko sent in a cross toward Bukayo Saka, who headed the ball back toward the far post where Trossard was on hand to nod home from less than a yard out.
Trossard then landed heavily on his shoulder and forearm after colliding with goalkeeper James Trafford, and needed lengthy treatment on the field but was able to continue.
Arsenal continued to boss proceedings in the second half but Burnley equalized in the 54th when Luca Koleosha broke into the area and went past Takehiro Tomiyasu before squaring the ball. It was deflected out into the path of Brownhill, whose shot also took a deflection on its way past David Raya in the Arsenal goal.
The hosts responded almost immediately, as Gabriel Martinelli made a quick raid down the right flank shortly after the restart and forced a decent save from Trafford at the near post. From the resulting corner, Saliba rose high to head home from a few yards out. It was the center back's first Premier League goal in more than a year.
The third also came from a corner, from which Burnley defender Dara O'Shea nearly scored an own-goal by heading against the crossbar. The ball was then headed out into the path of Zinchenko, who leapt up in the air and volleyed home with his left foot.
Vieira's sending off gave Burnley a glimmer of hope but the visitors weren't able to test Raya despite more than 10 minutes of added time.
The loss leaves Vincent Kompany's team rooted in 19th place with just four points from 12 games.
Manchester United 1, Luton 0
In Manchester, with only his fourth goal in 246 appearances, Victor Lindelof eased the pressure on Erik ten Hag as the home side beat Luton 1-0.
The centre back swept home a 59th-minute winner at Old Trafford to secure back-to-back league wins for United for only the second time this season.
“I don’t score many goals and when I do it’s always fun," Lindelof said. "It’s fun to help the team and today it was the match winner, the most important thing is always to get the three points so I’m glad we could today.”
United manager Ten Hag has come under increasing pressure after his team's disappointing start to the campaign. But victory against Luton was a positive response to Wednesday's Champions League defeat in Copenhagen and was its fourth win in five in the Premier League.
“If you see all the trouble we had, we are in a very good position,” Ten Hag said. “That is a reason to be optimistic.”
United had chances to win by a wider margin, but Lindelof was an unlikely goal scorer when the defender fired through a crowded penalty area after Marcus Rashford's cross rebounded to him.
Rasmus Hojlund had missed good chances in either half before the opener, with Alejandro Garnacho and Rashford also squandering opportunities.
A cause for concern for Ten Hag were injuries to Christian Eriksen and Hojlund, which required both to be substituted. But the priority was to get back to winning ways after a ninth defeat of the season against Copenhagen on Wednesday left United's manager bemoaning his team's luck.
Everton 3, Crystal Palace 2
In London, Idrissa Gueye scored in the 86th minute to give Everton a 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.
Everton is unbeaten in its past three league games — with two wins — and has been inching up the table after barely avoiding relegation for two straight seasons.
Sean Dyche’s team twice gave away the lead after goals by Vitalii Mykolenko and Abdoulaye Doucouré at Selhurst Park.
Mykolenko powered in a header from Jack Harrison’s cross just 52 seconds after kickoff. Eberechi Eze equalized from the penalty spot four minutes later for midtable Palace.
Doucouré made it 2-1 for the visitors shortly after the break before Odsonne Édouard leveled in the 73rd minute. Édouard tapped home from close range after defender James Tarkowski let Jefferson Lerma's lobbed pass drop behind him. It bounced at the 6-yard box in front of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
On the winner, Gueye collected Doucouré's pass inside the penalty area and while sliding to his left sent a low shot into the right corner as goalkeeper Sam Johnstone went the other way.
Bournemouth 2, Newcastle 0
In Bournemouth, Eddie Howe’s return turned into a nightmare after Dominic Solanke’s brace condemned Newcastle to a 2-0 defeat.
Magpies boss Howe, who was the Cherries manager the last time they beat Newcastle in 2017, saw his side’s seven-match unbeaten league run end and its injury crisis deepen.
Newcastle was already missing 11 players through injury and suspension. It then lost Miguel Almiron to what looked like another hamstring problem midway through the first half.
Bournemouth had to wait an hour before Solanke finally made the breakthrough. When Joe Willock challenged Antoine Semenyo, the ball rolled off him into the path of the former Liverpool striker, who raced into the area and lashed his shot inside Nick Pope’s near post.
Pope saved a fierce drive from Marcus Tavernier but Bournemouth doubled the lead from the following corner in the 73rd, with Solanke flicking the rebound home with his heel after Luis Sinisterra’s header hit a post.
It secured only a second win of the season for Bournemouth and lifted the team out of the bottom three. Newcastle dropped to seventh.
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