🦁 Almirón saves Newcastle; Arsenal hat-trick hero; 10-man Man Utd held | OneFootball

Four Premier League fixtures were available across the day on Sunday. Here is what went down.

Almirón the hero as Newcastle edge Wolves

Scorers: Isak 27′, Almirón 79′; Hee-chan 70′

The last match of the day saw Eddie Howe’s Newcastle hold on to beat Wolves as the club moved closer to Champions League football.

The opening moments were tense as both sides pushed for the opener. A slight miscue from Nick Pope almost allowed Raul Jimenez to open the scoring, but the Mexican couldn’t stay on his feet after colliding with the goalkeeper and VAR wasn’t used.

The deadlock broke when Alexander Isak’s head then got on the end of an inch-perfect cross from Kieran Trippier for 1-0 just before the half-hour.

A newfound confidence surged throughout the squad as the Magpies pushed for another. Bruno Guimarães had an attempt fall inches short after hitting the woodwork.

Coming out after the break, Wolves then ramped up the pressure in attempts for a leveller. Pedro Neto’s free-kick was handled by Pope before the goalkeeper made a stop on Daniel Podence.

Down at the other end, Trippier also had his own free-kick dramatics finding the target but not the net, thanks to Jose Sa’s hands.

The equaliser then arrived when the English defender mistimed a clearance, slipped in the process, and Hwang Hee Chan drew things level after only 57 seconds on the pitch.

Newcastle then had to dig deep to keep hold of all three points and Miguel Almiron curled home with 10 minutes to win it for the hosts.

Looking at the table, Newcastle are fifth while Wolves are 13th.

Trossard magic extends Arsenal’s lead

Scorers: Gabriel 21′, Martinelli 27′, Ødegaard 45+2′

A hat-trick of assists from Leandro Trossard re-established Arsenal’s five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with victory at Fulham.

Arsenal thought they took the lead with 16 minutes on the clock when Gabriel Martinelli’s shot was saved by Bernd Leno and the loose ball hit the net via the unfortunate Antonee Robinson, only for a very narrow VAR offside call to rule it out.

But five minutes later, they did get the goal their early endeavour deserved when Gabriel succeeded where his compatriot had been frustrated, heading in from a Leandro Trossard corner.

And it wasn’t long before the Belgian again provided for a Brazilian to head in when he set up Martinelli for a goal which did count, with the Gunners in full flight.

Trossard wrapped up a hat-trick of assists in first half injury-time when his deep cross to the back post was collected by Martin Ødegaard, who still had a lot of work to do in taking the ball down and finding room before picking out the corner.

Fulham did close to getting on the scoresheet after the break as Aaron Ramsdale made a big save and Aleksandar Mitrović hit the crossbar with a header from a corner before Gabriel Jesus made his long-awaited return from injury for the Gunners.

With the win, Arsenal move five points ahead of Manchester City again, while the Cottagers miss the chance to move into the top seven.

Casemiro sent off as United held

Manchester United and Southampton somehow played out a scoreless stalemate at Old Trafford in a game filled with close calls and drama.

The visitors should have been ahead midway through the first half, only for David de Gea to silence his recent critics by pulling off a stunning save, as his side attempted to right the wrongs of their heavy loss at Anfield last weekend.

But things did worsen for the hosts when Casemiro was shown the second straight red card of his United career having never previously received one in his club career for an ill-timed challenge on Carlos Alcaraz before Marcus Rashford had a huge penalty appeal for handball dismissed shortly before half-time.

It almost took a further downward turn after the break when James Ward-Prowse grazed a free-kick against the crossbar – one which had it found the net would have seen him equal United hero David Beckham’s Premier League record.

De Gea was then called into action with another big save when he denied Theo Walcott when in one-on-one, although the Saints man should have taken the chance before Gavin Bazunu came up with an incredible fingertip stop at the other end to divert Bruno Fernandes’ strike onto the post.

The end-to-end drama continued when a Kyle Walker-Peters fired against the upright with an effort from range before Rashford was fortunate not to enter the book for an amusingly awful dive in the penalty area.

United stay third, eight points ahead of Liverpool with the win, while the visitors remain rooted to the foot of the table despite the draw.

West Ham and Villa share the spoils

Scorers: Benrahma (PEN) 27′; Watkins 18′

The pressure on David Moyes at West Ham was ramped up as they failed to overcome Aston Villa at the London Stadium.

West Ham got the first sight of goal after 15 minutes and missed by a whisker when Saïd Benrahma whipped his effort narrowly over the crossbar and in typical Hammers fashion this season, they soon found themselves punished.

Ollie Watkins incredible purple patch in front of goal continued shortly afterwards as he netted to continue his streak of scoring in four straight Premier League away games – the longest run by a Villan since Dwight Yorke in 1998.

That lead lasted just nine minutes before West Ham equalised through Benrahma, who scored from the penalty spot after Lon Bailey fouled Lucas Paquetá inside the area but they failed to find a second, meaning they have just three league wins in the last five months.

However, the point does see them move out of the relegation zone on goal difference, while Unai Emery’s side remain 11th.

Saturday’s results