Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa LIVE RESULT: Gunners fail to close gap at the top as Villans secure point after superb comeback
ARSENAL have to settle for a point after a thrilling 2-2 with Aston Villa.
Gabriel Martinelli broke the deadlock on 35 minutes despite Emiliano Martinez's best efforts to stop the ball from crossing the line.
After half-time, Kai Havertz ended his poor run in front of goal with a close-range finish to make it 2-0.
But Arsenal's two-goal advantage didn't last long as Youri Tielemans headed home for 2-1.
And things went from bad to worse for the Gunners after Ollie Watkins slammed home a stunning equaliser on 68 minutes.
- Match result: Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa
- Arsenal team: Raya, Partey, Timber, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Odegaard, Merino, Trossard, Martinelli, Havertz
- Aston Villa team: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, Onana, Kamara, Rogers, Tielemans, Ramsey Watkins
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Brentford 0-0 Liverpool
Leicester 0-0 Fulham
West Ham vs Crystal Palace
4 - Brentford 0-0 Liverpool
WHAT A CHANCE for Damsgaard!
Liverpool started strongly and had a corner inside 90 seconds which came to nothing - but they should be behind.
Roerslev slides a terrific ball across goal and Damsgaard looks to have a tap-in, into an empty net, but just misses it altogether!
The view at the King Power Stadium of Graham Hill
It’s a huge game for Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy as he looks to avoid a SEVENTH straight league defeat.
Ironically, a Foxes win would take them out of the bottom three due to their rivals’ recent struggles.
Leicester fans have been taking out their frustrations on director of football Jon Rudkin, so it’ll be interesting to see which direction that heads.
There is no place for new signing Woyo Coulibaly who signed from Parma in midweek - but the paperwork to allow the French full-back to play here was not completed in time for him to have enough training sessions.
Fulham will look to bounce back after their 3-2 defeat at West Ham.
The view of SunSport's Jack Rosser watching West Ham vs Crystal Palace at the London Stadium
Graham Potter made a fantastic start to life at the London Stadium with a thrilling win over Fulham in his first home game in charge on Tuesday night.
The new Hammers boss would certainly like things to be a little easier than that 3-2 win, and has moved to a back three to try and match up Crystal Palace.
Given how thin they are up top, Lucas Paqueta's form will be key. He was impressive in midweek but has struggled for consistency for far too long now.
KICK-OFF!
No better time in the week than 3pm on a Saturday!
And the three Premier League games are all under way. All the talking points to come....
Home is where the heart is
Liverpool haven't won their last two on the road.
And Brentford have have claimed 23 of their 28 points at the Gtech - only Arsenal have more points at home than them.
Not to mention the Bees have scored 29 goals in those 11 home games. Could be a corker!
'We are here'
Hat trick hero Justin Kluivert said after his side's dominating performance 'we're here to make an impression'.
He told TNT Sports: "This feels lovely. We know how tough it is to play here. To come here with a lot of injuries and dominate like this – hats off to the team.
"I want to help my team out, and be important for the club. Our run is beautiful and we showed we are here to make an impression.
Onto the next
We'll have some of the fall out from the North East to come.
But we're turning our attention to the 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League - mostly Liverpool's trip to Brentford.
Just the three games this week:
- Brentford vs Liverpool
- Leicester vs Fulham
- West Ham vs Crystal Palace
Pre-match thoughts of SunSport's Dan King at the Gtech Community Stadium
There was an unmistakable edge about the atmosphere outside the Clayton Hotel in Chiswick at lunchtime.
The Liverpool fans who had gathered to see their team on to the coach for the short ride to the Gtech knew how important a game this would be.
“Get into these,” one supporter yelled to the players, and he was not alone in betraying a sense of nervousness about what might happen against a Brentford side with an impressive home record.
Liverpool need to return to winning ways to regain their own momentum and put some pressure on Arsenal ahead of their teatime game.
Full time reaction from our man Gary Stonehouse at St James' Park
What a result and performance from Bournemouth. St James' is in shock.
Justin Kluivert’s sensational hat-trick has sent Newcastle crashing back down to earth after nine wins on the trot.
Milos Kerkez put the cherry on the top right at the death with a fourth.
That’s 11 unbeaten for Bournemouth now as they move to within a point of Newcastle.
FULL TIME!
Four goals and three points heading back down south for Bournemouth after a terrific performance.
For Newcastle, that's as pathetic as anything they've produced under Eddie Howe.
Newcastle 1-4 Bournemouth
90+6 GOAL! Newcastle 1-4 BOURNEMOUTH
Anthony Gordon has a shot cleared off the line and Bournemouth break.
MILOS KERKEZ receives the ball on the corner of the box and Trippier stands and watches him drive in towards him and goal.
No attempt to stop him as Kerkez gets the ball out his feet and fires across Dubravka into the far corner.
He takes the shirt off to celebrate and his team-mates surround him.
90+2 – GOAL! Newcastle 1-3 BOURNEMOUTH
JUSTIN KLUIVERT with a screamer to secure his hat trick!
Gordon's pathetic cross-field pass is intercepted in the middle of the park and it rebounds kindly to Kluivert.
He gets the ball out his feet 25 yards from goal before unleashing a sensational strike into the corner with Dubravka rooted to the spot.
Incredible finish and a terrific three goals from Kluivert.
Fulham team news (vs Leicester)
FULHAM XI: Leno, Castangne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Lukic, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Raul
90 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Seven minutes added.
Newcastle sub:
- OFF: Guimaraes
- ON: Osula
88 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Alexander Isak pulls rank over Kieran Trippier and Anthony Gordon, clearly looking to keep this scoring run alive.
The free kick is somehow worse than his performance today, striking the wall halfway up before Gordon lashes at the rebound and sends it well, well over.
86 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
It's been a really poor second half in all honesty.
But a big chance for Newcastle here as Tonali is fouled ten yards outside the box.
Right bang in the middle of the park and there's four Newcastle players surrounding it.
80 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Bournemouth change with 10 to play:
- OFF: Brooks
- ON: Daniel Jebbison
Leicester team news (vs Fulham)
LEICESTER XI: Stolarzcyk, Justin, Vestegaard, Faes, Kristiansen, Winks, Soumare, El Khannouss, Mavididi, Ayew, Vardy
76 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Finally a sniff for Isak, who gets on the end of a Dan Burn flick on from a free kick.
He can't get it under control and it bounces around the box and through to Kepa who is happy to dive on it and waste more minutes.
Crystal Palace team news (vs West Ham)
CRYSTAL PALACE XI: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Hughes, Kamada, Sarr, Eze, Mateta
71 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Ryan Christie is eventually booked for a foul on Sandro Tonali.
Big 20 minutes ahead at St James' Park.
69 – Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Great save from Dubravka!
Brooks flicks a low cross in from Semenyo towards goal and it's heading into the bottom corner in slow motion but Dubravka races back at full stretch to scoop it off the line.
West Ham team news (vs Crystal Palace)
WEST HAM XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Cresswell, Emerson, Alvarez, Rodriguez, Soucek, Kudus, Paqueta
Second half update from SunSport's Gary Stonehouse inside St James' Park
Just over 20 to go and Bournemouth have been absolutely superb.
They’ve just had the ball in the net again - and it wasn’t Kluivert this time - but the ball had gone out of play moments before Ouattara poked home.
It’s beginning to get real feisty here as Newcastle desperately try to find a way back into it.
A huge finale awaits.
