Arsenal join Man City at Premier League summit, Spurs shock Chelsea 2-0

Arsenal joined Manchester City astatine the apical of the Premier League array aft a 2-0 ⁠victory implicit Everton successful torrential rainfall astatine ⁠the Emirates Stadium connected Saturday, capitalising connected City’s first decision of the season earlier successful the day.

City had near the doorway unfastened erstwhile they fell to a 2-1 nonaccomplishment astatine Aston Villa, wherever Nicolas Jackson struck doubly to extremity the visitors’ cleanable commencement to the league campaign.

Tottenham ⁠Hotspur stunned fourth-placed Chelsea 2-0 successful lone their 2nd league triumph astatine Stamford Bridge successful 36 years, portion Fulham bushed Coventry City 1-0 for their 2nd league triumph of the season.

With the leaders beaten successful Birmingham, Arsenal seized their accidental to erase the three-point spread arsenic goals from Ezri Konsa and Gabriel secured a comfy triumph implicit Everton successful ⁠soaking northbound London conditions.

The effect moved Mikel Arteta’s broadside level connected 21 points with City successful what is already shaping up to beryllium a intimately fought rubric contention aft 8 games, but 1 played nether a unreality amid City’s off-field fiscal case.

Arsenal made their beardown commencement number erstwhile Martin Odegaard’s country caused chaos successful the Everton box.

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford kept retired the archetypal information aft the shot was flicked connected astatine the adjacent station but, with Everton incapable to clear, Konsa bundled location his archetypal extremity for the nine from ‌a gait retired successful the seventh minute.

The set-piece extremity was Arsenal’s archetypal since May, ending a tally of 13 games crossed each competitions without one.

“I’ve travel to this stadium for galore seasons; I cognize however pugnacious it is to play against us,” Konsa said. “It’s not astonishing to me.

“We are champions and to beryllium champions you’ve got to triumph games consistently. This is our home, and we privation to triumph arsenic galore games present arsenic possible.”

Arsenal’s 2 milestone men combined to springiness the Gunners a two-goal cushion successful the 68th minute, with Ben White marking his 200th quality for the nine by clipping a transverse to the acold post, wherever Gabriel headed location connected his 200th Premier League appearance.

Everton are ninth successful the table.

Jackson braces downs City

At Villa Park, Unai Emery’s squad climbed to sixth connected 11 points with their archetypal location league triumph ⁠this play and 3rd successive league triumph implicit City, who are playing nether the shadiness of an autarkic commission’s findings that they ⁠committed 114 breaches of Premier League fiscal rules.

City person ever denied immoderate wrongdoing, and person appealed.

Jackson took vantage of 2 City blunders, opening the scoring successful the sixth infinitesimal erstwhile defender Marc Guehi’s dense interaction allowed Villa skipper John McGinn to pounce and provender the striker, who slotted the shot into the bottommost corner.

Erling Haaland equalised soon aft the interruption erstwhile helium headed location Iliman Ndiaye’s clipped transverse from a ⁠free kick.

But Jackson struck the victor connected the hr erstwhile Ibrahim Mbaye surged down the close earlier cutting the shot backmost for his Senegal planetary teammate, whose changeable sneaked nether the diving assemblage of keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

“It was incredible; we got the win, which is ⁠the astir important thing. Man City are a beardown team, the league leaders,” Jackson told TNT Sports. “It’s conscionable ⁠the beginning; we’re trying to enactment crippled by game.”

Jackson successful enactment with Manchester City’s Abdukodir Khusanov [Tony O’Brien/Reuters]

Tottenham get uncommon triumph astatine Stamford Bridge

At Stamford Bridge, Spurs got connected the scoresheet successful the 77th infinitesimal erstwhile Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders punched a country into his ain nett successful his archetypal league start.

Chelsea were reduced to 10 men erstwhile Cole Palmer was shown a 2nd yellowish paper successful the 80th infinitesimal for a precocious situation connected Conor Gallagher.

Mathys Tel sealed the triumph for Spurs successful the 87th erstwhile helium gained ‌possession wrong his ain fractional earlier embarking connected a surging tally down the left, gliding past 2 defenders and firing a debased changeable from extracurricular the container into the bottommost corner.

“It’s precise special, due to the fact that we came present a batch of times and didn’t get a win,” said Tel. “And today, we made it together, each together, we showed large ‌mentality, ‌and I’m precise blessed astir it.”

Spurs climbed to 12th with the win.

At Coventry, Fulham appeared acceptable to substitute Oscar Bobb earlier the winger produced a infinitesimal of prime successful the 80th minute, driving into the container and curling a superb decorativeness into the acold corner.

Fulham are 13th successful the table, portion Coventry are 19th.