🦁 Man City win at Crystal Palace; Chelsea and Spurs win, Liverpool lose | OneFootball

Six matches took place in the Premier League on Saturday.

Here’s what went down.

Haaland the hero as Man City win at Crystal Palace

Scorers: Haaland (PEN) 77′

Manchester City kept the pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with a narrow victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

City started well and twice went close to scoring in the early stages, with Rodri forcing Vicente Guaita into a good save before Jack Grealish dragged a shot wide.

Erling Haaland should have scored when he was picked out in the box by a Nathan Aké cut-back, but somehow the striker could only flick his effort over the bar.

Into the second half and Guaita was forced into the good save by a Phil Foden free-kick from just outside the area. Moments later Foden was replaced by Julián Álvarez and the Argentine could have scored with his first touch, but his shot flew high and wide.

The visitors were struggling to create chances but in the 77th minute they were awarded a penalty, when İlkay Gündoğan was tripped in the box by Michael Olise.

Haaland stepped up and sent Guaita the wrong way to score what proved to be the match-winning goal.

Chilwell on target as Chelsea win at Leicester

Scorers: Daka 39′; Chilwell 11′, Havertz 45+6′, Kovačić 78′

Red Card: Faes (Leicester) 87′

Chelsea made it three wins on the spin when they overcame struggling Leicester at the King Power Stadium.

Shortly after Chelsea fans had finished serenading Ben Chilwell early on, he had them singing his name even louder when he volleyed in from a difficult angle wide in the area following a deep far post cross from Kalidou Koulibaly.

João Félix then went close for a Chelsea side in full flow but his clip after a Kai Havertz pass came back off the post before Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall then hit the woodwork at the other end.

Félix then thought he’d swept home his first Chelsea goal after a good cross from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, only for the goal to be disallowed by VAR for offside.

And Félix was then involved in Leicester’s equaliser, as the Portuguese lost the ball in a dangerous area, allowing Patson Daka to fire in at the near post for 1-1.

But Chelsea retook the lead deep into first half stoppage time, when Havertz found the net with a delightful lob over the goalkeeper from Enzo Fernández’s chipped assist.

Mykhailo Mudryk thought he’d made it 3-1 to Chelsea in the second only for the flag to go up for offside, but moments later the Ukrainian headed into the path of Mateo Kovačić who finished with aplomb to extend the visitors’ lead.

And Leicester’s day went from bad to worse in the 87th minute when Wout Faes was shown a second yellow card for a clumsy challenge on Carney Chukwuemeka.

Kane at the double as Spurs bounce back

Scorers: Kane 19′, (PEN) 36′, Son 62′; Worrall 81′

Tottenham got a much-needed victory over Nottingham Forest to strengthen their grip on fourth place.

Richarlison was a surprise starter for Spurs after his testy public war of words with Antonio Conte but looked to have silenced the critics inside the opening three minutes.

He raced onto a pass and produced a fantastic finish via the crossbar for what appeared to be his first Premier League goal for Tottenham, only to be denied by an extremely questionable offside call.

But the opener did soon arrive and it came through Harry Kane with his 19th league goal of the season with a looping header into the corner.

Spurs were then awarded a penalty when Joe Worrall brought Richarlison down in the box. Kane stepped up and smashed it down the middle for 2-0.

The third goal came just after the hour mark, when Richarlison picked out Son Heung-min, who took the ball past Serge Aurier and placed it in the bottom corner.

Forest pulled a goal back in the 81st minute, when Joe Worrall headed in from a corner to make it 3-1.

And Spurs were almost subjected to a nervy finish when Forest were awarded a penalty for a Dejan Kulusevki handball.

André Ayew stepped up to take it but missed, and 3-1 was how it finished.

Early goal enough for fighting Toffees

Scorers: McNeil 1′

Everton are up to 15th in the Premier League after holding on to claim a hard-fought three points against Brentford.

Dwight McNeil got Everton off to the perfect start and sent Goodison Park wild just 35 seconds after the opening whistle blew when he arrowed into the far corner with a strike that gave David Raya no chance.

Demarai Gray then thought he’d doubled the Toffees’ advantage just before half-time, only for his goal to be disallowed for handball.

Harrison hits back to earn Leeds a point

Scorers: Bamford 40′, Harrison 78′; Mac Allister 33′, Harrison OG 61′

Leeds and Brighton played out an entertaining draw at Elland Road.

It was Alexis Mac Allister who broke the deadlock for Brighton when Kaoru Mitoma nodded a cross across goal, and the Argentine midfielder was on hand to convert unmarked.

But Brighton’s lead didn’t last long, with Patrick Bamford soon drawing the hosts level after his shot deflected off Adam Webster and went in off the bar.

The Seagulls went back in front just after the hour mark, with Solly March bundling home what ended up being given as a Jack Harrison own goal.

But Harrison then atoned when he drew Leeds level with a wonder strike into the top corner with 12 minutes remaining.

Liverpool pay the penalty in shock Cherries loss

Scorers: Billing 28′

Less than a week after their stunning 7-0 win over Manchester United, Liverpool were handed a ruthless reality check by Bournemouth.

Their top four ambitions suffered a blow, not helped by Mo Salah’s disastrous second half penalty on a frustrating afternoon on the south coast.

Liverpool went close to an early opener inside the opening five minutes, only for a heroic Jefferson Lerma goal-line clearance to deny Virgil van Dijk’s header before Cody Gakpo volleyed home but he was denied correctly by the offside flag.

Just before the half hour mark, the Cherries made the most of those near misses by pouncing for the opener as the in-form Philip Billing continued his purple patch with a close range finish.

Van Dijk again went close with a header for the frustrated Reds before the break and shortly after it, it was Diogo Jota’s turn to be denied when his blistering drive brought a smart save out of Neto.

On 69 minutes, Liverpool were given a big avenue back into things when they were awarded a penalty for handball after a VAR check – their first in the league for 11 months.

But perhaps out of practice given such a lengthy league delay from 12 yards, Salah’s attempt was awful as he missed the target for the first time in his Premier League career.

With the result, Bournemouth move off the bottom of the table and up to 16th, while the Reds remain three points off Spurs in fourth.

Sunday’s fixtures