🦁 Brentford, Man Utd deliver late drama; Newcastle comeback; Chelsea held | OneFootball

There were eight Premier League fixtures on Saturday. Here’s what went down.

Brentford deny Man Utd smash-and-grab

Scorers: Ajer 90+9′; Mount 90+7′

Brentford denied Manchester United a smash-and-grab victory during a chaotic spell of added time.

Ivan Toney enjoyed the hosts’ best chance of the opening half-hour as he latched onto Yoane Wissa’s through ball but crashed a shot against André Onana’s lefthand post.

The woodwork continued to deny the Bees as they piled the pressure on Erik ten Hag’s side with Mathias Jørgensen sending a header crashing against the topside of the crossbar.

United responded to their first-half scare by introducing Harry Maguire in place of Raphaël Varane and almost reaped the rewards with Rasmus Højlund forced a good save from Mark Flekken.

They were still indebted to Onana for keeping the score level as he produced an incredible double save to deny Yehor Yarmoliuk and Keane Lewis-Potter in quick succession.

Wissa fired another warning shot for Thomas Frank’s side just minutes later with a perfectly-struck volley which clipped the outside of Onana’s righthand post.

Toney appeared to have handed the hosts the lead with a sliding finish but was flagged offside before the decision was confirmed by VAR.

Bryan Mbeumo became the hosts’ latest player to be denied by the woodwork when his flicked effort came back off the crossbar.

But both sides scored deep into added time with Mason Mount breaking the deadlock before Kristoffer Ajer swept home a leveller just two minutes later.

United remain sixth in the table, still 11 points while Brentford sit 15th, five points clear of safety.

Villa keep UCL bid on track

Scorers: Diaby 36′, Konsa 65′

Aston Villa’s Champions League ambitions were boosted by a win over Midlands rivals Wolves.

Unai Emery’s side appeared to have taken an early lead when Douglas Luiz pounced on Ollie Watkins’ saved shot but the striker was flagged offside.

Wolves’ response saw Tommy Doyle pick out Pablo Sarabia on the edge of the penalty area for a shot which was tamely handled by Emiliano Martínez.

But the Villains finally broke the deadlock just 10 minutes from the interval with Moussa Diaby’s sweetly-struck effort after a half-cleared free kick.

Their visitors stepped up the intensity after the half-time break but were undone when Ezri Konsa lobbed José Sá for his first goal since 2021.

Gary O’Neil’s side continued to push to reduce their deficit and saw their best chance fall to Matt Doherty, who headed Hugo Bueno’s cross over.

Villa moved back up to fourth in the table, overtaking Tottenham who have a game in hand, while remain 10th.

Chelsea throw more points away

Scorers: Palmer (PEN) 43′, 78′; Cullen 46′, O’Shea 81′

Chelsea twice let leads slip at home to 10-man Burnley as the pressure increased on Mauricio Pochettino following a frustrating 2-2 draw.

There were chances at both ends in a bright start from both, with Burnley coming closest to the opener through Wilson Odobert but he was denied by a fantastic Dorde Petrović save before Chelsea were left frustrated when Axel Disasi saw what he thought was the opening goal ruled out after a lengthy VAR check to identify a handball.

The game then turned in the closing stages of the first half when Lorenz Assignon was shown a second yellow card for bringing Mykhailo Mudryk down in the box and from the resulting penalty, Cole Palmer kept up his perfect record with a delightful Panenka.

For his part in protesting the the incident, Vincent Kompany was also sent off but the Clarets showed no sign of missing his influence when a fine Josh Cullen volley moments after the restart brought the 10 men level.

Only another outstanding stop from Petrović prevented the Clarets from taking the lead and despite suffering for vast period of the second half, Chelsea were again rescued by Palmer who took his G/A assist tally to 21 – surpassing Eden Hazard’s count for his debut campaign.

But their relief didn’t last long as Dara O’Shea followed his international team-mate Cullen onto the scoresheet with a header to pull Burnley level once more.

There was further late drama when Raheem Sterling missed a huge opening and Jay Rodriguez rattled the woodwork for Burnley, who move to within four points of safety, while Chelsea remain in the bottom half.

Spurs fight back for Luton win

Scorers: Kabore OG 51′, Son 86′; Chong 3′

Tottenham rallied from a half-time deficit against Luton to pick up a deserved 2-1 win thanks to Heung-min Son’s late winner.

Luton took a surprise lead with three minutes played when Andros Townsend was allowed far too much time and space to breeze forward and pick out Ross Barkley, who in turn teed up Tahith Chong to fire past Guglielmo Vicario.

But Luton were forced to live on their luck when Heung-min Son fired off both posts before two heroic goal-saving blocks denied Timo Werner and Pape Sarr.

After being booed off by a section of fans at half-time, Spurs didn’t take long to level after the restart when brilliant work on the right from Brennan Johnson ultimately forced an own goal from Issa Kaboré.

More fantastic goal-line defending kept Luton from conceding in the closing stages, this time Alfie Doughty somehow denying Spurs a goal by mere millimetres but with four minutes left, the Hatters’ luck finally ran out as a deflected Son strike found its way into the back of the net to keep his side very much in top four contention.

Coleman gaffe sinks Everton

Scorers: Solanke 64′, Coleman OG 90+1′; Beto 87′

A disastrous injury-time own goal from Everton’s skipper saw them fall to a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon, having appeared to have rescued a point just moments before.

A superb save from Neto denied Dominic Calvert-Lewin the opening goal on the half hour mark with a terrific close-range stop to his left and when Neto was beaten with an hour played, the post came to Bournemouth’s rescue, the woodwork denying Dwight McNeil before the Cherries made the most of those reprieves when Dominic Solanke headed home to break the deadlock with his 16th goal of the season.

With three minutes left, Everton finally got the goal their chances deserved, albeit in somewhat fortuitous fashion as Neto spilled a cross at the feet of Beto and he diverted the loose ball into the gaping goal.

But having done so much good work to get themselves back on terms, Everton undid it all just as the clock ticked into injury-time when Seámus Coleman inexplicably steered the ball into his own net when under little pressure.

Wood delivers point for Forest

Scorers: Wood 61′; Mateta 11′

Chris Wood’s impressive second half header helped Nottingham Forest to an important come-from-behind 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace took the lead early thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta with an emphatic finish high into the net from the centre of the area after Forest’s defence was sliced open.

When the Forest equaliser arrived, it came in impressive fashion when Morgan Gibbs-White chipped a sweet ball into the box for Wood and, with his back to goal, he arched a looping header over the goalkeeper and into the net to rescue a precious point.

Forest remain above the relegation zone on goal difference, while Palace remain 14th.

Fulham fight back for dramatic point

Scorers: Brereton Díaz 58′, 70′, McBurnie 68′; Palhinha 62′, De Cordova-Reid 87′, Muniz 90+3′

Sheffield United let a 3-1 lead slip with three minutes of normal time remaining as a Rodrigo Muniz beauty saw Fulham fight their way to a point in a 3-3 draw.

After a scoreless first half, the Blades struck first shortly before the hour mark when Oli McBurnie’s outside-of-the-boot pass across goal was pounced upon by Ben Brereton Díaz to open the scoring.

The lead lasted just four minutes before Marco Silva’s men restored parity thanks to João Palhinha craning a near post header into the far corner before it was Fulham’s turn to switch off after netting, allowing McBurnie to go from provider to scorer and put the Blades back in the box seat.

Buoyed by that, they quickly added to their advantage through Brereton Díaz’s second of the afternoon and only an offside flag in the closing stages denied McBurnie a brace and a fourth for the hosts.

Following that let-off, Bobby De-Cordova Reid set up a nervy finale by reducing the arrears to one and that allowed Muniz to rescue a point in incredible style in injury-time to continue his outstanding campaign with a scissor kick to claim a share of the spoils.

Newcastle fight back in a PL thriller

Scorers: Isak (PEN) 5′, (PEN) 77′, Barnes 83′, 90′; Antonio 21′, Kudus 45+10′, Bowen 48′

An injury-plagued Newcastle side somehow dragged themselves off the canvas as they fought back from 3-1 down late on at home to West Ham to win a breathtaking contest 4-3.

Already down seven players prior to kick-off, they went on to lose four more throughout this game, including two players who had been brought on to replaced injured team-mates but still managed to overcome the odds for a memorable victory.

It took just three minutes for the game to spark into life when Anthony Gordon was fouled in the area, leading to a Newcastle penalty and Alexander Isak made no mistake from the spot.

The lead lasted just 15 minutes before the Hammers struck back when Lucas Paquetá clipped a simple ball over the top for Michail Antonio to run onto and finish calmly.

The lengthy VAR check and Jamaal Lascelles injury prompted a lengthy amount of stoppage time and deep into it, Mohammed Kudus fired West Ham into the lead with a shot that Martin Dúbravka failed to keep out, although the home side were incensed at conceding when Fabian Schär went down injured.

Shortly after the half-time break, David Moyes’ men moved further clear when more slack Newcastle defending allowed Jarrod Bowen to waltz through and find the back of the net.

But there was plenty more drama still to come when Kalvin Phillips’ torrid time continued as he fouled Gordon in the box to give the Magpies their second penalty of the afternoon and like before, Isak rolled home from 12 yards.

With seven minutes left, they then mustered an equaliser that appeared so unlikely shortly before through Harvey Barnes, who slipped under Łukasz Fabiański after Isak played him in on goal for his first assist of the campaign.

And still Eddie Howe’s side weren’t finished as they grabbed the winner when Barnes made room on the edge of the area and fired a beauty into the corner from 25 yards to stun the visitors.

Despite Gordon picking up a foolish late second yellow card for kicking the ball away, Newcastle held firm to close the gap on West Ham in seventh to a single point.

Sunday’s fixtures