🦁 Bournemouth hold Newcastle; Arsenal held; Leicester thrash Spurs | OneFootball

It was a day full of drama, controversy and shocks in the Premier League.

Here’s what went down.

Bournemouth hold Newcastle on Howe return

Scorers: Senesi 30′; Almirón 45+1′.

Eddie Howe had to settle for a draw on his return to Bournemouth as the Cherries made his Newcastle side work at the Vitality Stadium.

The hosts went ahead on the half-hour mark with Hamed Traore’s corner being flicked on by Dango Outtara and in to the path of Marcos Senesi to poke home at the far post for his first Bournemouth goal.

Newcastle pulled level on the stroke of half-time with Miguel Almirón reacting to the follow-up to Sean Longstaff’s shot to slide home.

Bournemouth came closest to stealing the victory in the final minute but Howe had Kieran Tripper to thank after he was on hand to clear Dominic Solanke’s effort off the line.

A fifth draw in six games for the Magpies who stay fourth while Bournemouth remain within a point of getting out of the relegation zone.

Arsenal drop points for second week in a row

Scorers: Trossard 66′; Toney 74′.

Arsenal blew the opportunity to open up a gap on Manchester City at the top as Brentford earned a deserved point at the Emirates.

Brentford had the first opportunity of the game when Ivan Toney whipped a cross into the six-yard box but Rico Henry arriving at the back post failed to make proper contact with the ball and it trickled wide.

Toney should’ve put the visitors in-front himself in the 25th minute, getting on to the end of a cross into the box before and striking the crossbar.

The Gunners looked as if they were struggling to break down Thomas Frank’s side until Leandro Torssard appeared from the bench to get on to the end of Bukayo Saka’s cross to break the deadlock with his first goal for the club.

But the visitors weren’t down and out as Toney pulled the visitors level with a header from from underneath the crossbar from Christian Norgaard’s ball after Arsenal had failed to clear a free-kick, although replays appeared to show that VAR may have missed Toney being offside in the build-up to the goal.

Mikel Arteta’s side remain six clear of City, who face Aston Villa at home on Sunday before the two teams meet in midweek.

Leicester thrash Spurs on Conte’s return

Scorers: Mendy 23′, Maddison 25′, Iheanacho 45+4′, Barnes 81′; Bentancur 14′.

Tottenham missed out on the chance to move into the top four after being thrashed at the King Power Stadium as Antonio Conte returned the dugout.

The Italian was back leading Spurs from the touchline after missing last week’s win over Manchester City to recover from gallbladder surgery, but it was not a welcome return to the sideline.

It had started well for Spurs with Rodrigo Bentancur tapping home from three yards out at the back post after Ivan Perišić’s uncleared corner had landed in his path.

But two goals in three minutes changed the complexion of the game with Nampalys Mendy smashing home a piledriver into the top corner from just inside the area to bag his first goal for the club.

Kelechi Iheanacho then laid the ball on a plate for James Maddison to place into the bottom corner to give the hosts the lead.

Iheanacho got in on the act himself in first-half stoppage time, turning Eric Dier inside out before slotting home to compound Spurs’ woes.

It didn’t get much better after the break for Conte’s side, losing Bentancur to injury before Harvey Barnes rounded off the win in the final 10 minutes, side-footing home from 20 yards out.

A second straight win moves Leicester up to 14th while Spurs remain below Newcastle in fifth.

Gomes debut winner as ten-man Wolves beat Southampton

Scorers: Alcaraz 25′; Bednarek (OG) 72′, Gomes 87′.

Sent off: Lemina 27′.

Ten-man Wolves came from behind to beat Southampton, increasing the pressure on Saints boss Nathan Jones.

Carlos Alcaraz had given the hosts the advantage in the 25th-minute with his first goal for the club, smashing a first-time effort off the post and into the bottom corner.

It looked as if it was going to be a long day for the visitors when Mario Lemina saw red for two bookable offences but Julen Lopetegui’s side pulled off a stunning second half comeback.

First, Jan Bednarek produced a comical own goal to level proceedings before Brazilian manager Joao Gomes came off the bench to score a sensational winner on his debut in the 87th minute.

Wolves move above West Ham and into 15th while Southampton remain rooted to the bottom of the table.

Willian shows class as Fulham beat Forest

Scorers: Willian 17′, Solomon 87′.

Willian showed that age is just a number was Fulham conntinued their charge for the European places with a win over Nottingham Forest.

Forest were dealt a early blow in the seventh minute as both centre-backs Wily Boly and Scott McKenna had to be withdrawn due to injury, to be replaced by Felipe and Joe Worrall.

Willian then added to those woes by giving the Cottagers the lead, beating Renan Lodi before unleashing a fierce effort into the top corner from a tight angle.

Bobby Decordova-Reid thought he had extended that advantage with a blistering effort but it rattled the crossbar, before Andreas Pereira and Willian again were also denied by the woodwork.

But Manor Solomon wrapped up the win in the dying minutes, finishing off a counter-attack to see Fulham remain in seventh.

All level at Selhurst Park

Scorers: Tomkins 69′; March 62′.

Brighton missed the chance to put pressure on the top four as they were held by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Brighton thought they had broken the deadlock through Pervis Estupiñán midway through the first half but the goal was ruled out for offside following a VAR check.

The Seagulls couldn’t be stopped again in the 62nd minute as Solly March got on tot he end of Estupiñán’s cross to volley home at the far post.

A Robert Sanchez error gifted the Eagles a way back into the game as he fumbled Michael Olise’s free-kick into the path of James Tomkins who stabbed home.

From earlier

Points shared as referee takes the spotlight

Scorers: Emerson 33′; Joao Felix 16′

Chelsea were denied a penalty in the dying moments of the game for what looked like a certain handball as they drew 1-1 with West Ham.

Not 24 hours after signing his contract extension with Chelsea, Thiago Silva captained the side from centre-back with the Blues desperate to claim the victory that would take them back into the European places.

Joao Felix thought he had given Chelsea the lead on 10 minutes as he raced through and finished after two bites at the cherry – but the goal was ruled out for offside.

But the on loan Atlético Madrid man did get his goal soon after as Enzo Fernandez crossed for the Portugal international to volley in.

Chelsea were on a roll now and had their second goal of the game disallowed as Kai Havertz rounded the goalkeeper but had his effort chalked off.

But completely against the run of play, the Hammers equalised through former Blues defender Emerson Palmieri.

The Brazilian found space at the back post and tapped in for an easy finish.

Into the second half and Chelsea went close early on as Reece James’s free kick was flicked on at the near post and just scraped the edge of the far woodwork.

Declan Rice had his own long-range effort shave the post on the hour mark before Kai Havertz’s header went wide from close range.

David Moyes’s were pushing for their own winner though and thought they had found it late on only for Tomas Soucek’s tap in to be ruled out for offside.

There was yet more drama late on however, as in added time Soucek looked to have handled the ball inside the area but the referee waved play on much to the chagrin of everyone in gold.

Chelsea remain in ninth after the draw while West Ham move above Wolves into 15th, for a few hours at least.

Sunday’s fixtures

Leeds v Manchester United

Manchester City v Aston Villa