🦁 Man Utd draw at Bournemouth; Man City go top; Spurs collapse | OneFootball

With seven matchdays remaining in this Premier League season, we’re now in the final straight with the finish line in sight.

Saturday offered up an intriguing round of fixtures. Here is what went down around the grounds.

Manchester United fight back for Bournemouth draw

Scorers: Solanke 16′, Kluivert 36′ ; Fernandes 31′, 65′ (P)

The best chance of the opening 10 minutes came when Manchester United lost the ball while trying to play out from the back, but the Cherries were not clinical enough to punish their visitors.

The hosts wouldn’t miss their next chance after an Alejandro Garnacho giveaway, as Dominic Solanke sent youngster Willy Kambwala to the ground before firing home the opener.

That lead would not last however, as Bruno Fernandes lashed home his shot inside the box just past the half-hour mark to level the score.

United’s defensive woes would get the better of them once again just minutes after reclaiming parity. Seemingly unmarked, Justin Kluivert waltzed into the Red Devils’ penalty area before firing Bournemouth back into the lead.

Bournemouth perhaps should have been two or three goals ahead before the break were it not for some fantastic André Onana saves.

The match appeared to flip on its head when a ricocheted shot was handled in the box by Adam Smith, forcing the referee to award Manchester United a penalty.

The subsequent spot-kick was coolly dispatched by Bruno Fernandes, reclaiming parity on the night.

The Cherries were given a late penalty for a foul just on the edge of the box, but after a VAR check, the foul was adjudged to have been outside of the box.

City show their class

Scorers: Hashioka (OG) 2′, Kovačić 64′, Haaland (P) 76′ Doku 87′, Gvardiol 90+4′; Barkley 81′

Manchester City put on a second half show as they beat Luton 5-1 to go top of the Premier League.

The reigning champions made six changes from the side that drew with Real Madrid in midweek with Pep Guardiola’s side set to take on Los Blancos in their Champions League second leg in four days time.

It took City just two minutes to take the lead as Erling Haaland’s strike took a huge deflection off Daiki Hashioka and went into the bottom corner.

City pushed for their second with a near constant stream of pressure but with a quarter of the game gone, couldn’t find that second goal.

Matheus Nunes really should have got that second just before the half hour mark as the former Wolves man flashed his shot across goal and against the far post.

Into the second half and Ruben Dias almost doubled their lead with a side-footed effort from the edge of the area – his effort though, went just wide.

City eventually did get their goal on 64 minutes as Mateo Kovačić struck first time from a corner into the roof of the net.

A third wasn’t long coming as Jérémy Doku was brought down in the area and Haaland fired in from the spot.

Luton pulled one back with nine minutes remaining as Ross Barkley capitalised on some poor defending and finished low.

City’s three-goal lead was restored late on as Doku burst into the Luton box and jinked his way past two defenders before slotting in.

And a fifth came with seconds left as Joško Gvardiol scored a stunner from the edge of the area.

Midlands melee

Scorers: Gibbs-White 45+1′, Danilo 57′; Matheus Cunha 40′ 62′

Nottingham Forest and Wolves played a brilliant 2-2 draw at the City Ground.

Nuno Espirito Santo faced his former side as Nottingham Forest aimed for the three points that would take them above Everton and into 16th place.

Chris Wood almost continued his fine run of form inside five minutes as his scrambled effort was blocked by Toti Gomes.

And it was all Forest in the opening quarter with the hosts causing panic every time they entered the Wolves area.

But with five minutes to go and completely against the run of play, Wolves went ahead through Matheus Cunha’s brilliant, solo strike.

In added time of the first half however, Forest got what they deserved as Morgan Gibbs-White netted an equaliser for the hosts.

The turnaround was complete just before the hour mark as Danilo struck to give Forest the lead.

This topsy-turvy game took another turn moments later though as Matheus Cunha got his second of the game for Wolves.

Bees best Blades

Scorers: Arblaster (OG) 63′, Onyeka 90+3′

Brentford did just enough to beat Sheffield United as Ollie Arblaster’s own goal and Frank Onyeka’s late strike proved the difference.

This was a true six-pointer at the bottom of the Premier League as basement side Sheffield United travelled to 15th-place Brentford.

There was an early chance for Brereton Diaz as the Chile international was played through on goal but the former Villarreal man got the ball stuck under his feet and couldn’t connect cleanly with his effort.

After the break it was Brentford who eventually broke the deadlock as Oliver Arblaster put the ball into his own net.

The Bees netted themselves five minutes later as Mikkel Damsgaard pulled the west London outfit further ahead but the goal was ruled out by VAR.

They did get their second in added time as Frank Onyeka won the game for the home side.

Own goals and gaffes

Scorers: Brownhill 74′; Muric (OG) 79′

A calamitous own goal from Arijanet Murić saw Burnley draw 1-1 with Brighton at Turf Moor.

Could Burnley do the unthinkable and make a late charge for safety? If they were to do so, three points at home to Brighton were a must here.

Burnley thought they had a penalty after 10 minutes following Odobert’s fall inside the area but the referee’s call was agreed with by the VAR officials.

Into the second half and it was the visitors who should have broke the deadlock on the hour as Pascal Groß’ shot flew wide from the edge of the area.

Vincent Kompany’s side were rewarded for their hard running with 15 minutes to go as Josh Brownhill gave Burnley a lead.

That lead lasted all of five minutes however as Arijanet Murić put the ball into his own net.

Home is where the heart is

Scorers: Isak 30′ 51′, Gordon 32′, Schär 87′

Newcastle inflicted the worst defeat of Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham tenure as they beat Spurs 4-0 thanks to Alexander Isak’s double.

Spurs travelled to the north east looking to pull three points clear of Aston Villa in their race for a fourth place finish.

The first real chance of the game came on six minutes as Timo Werner connected to a cross at the far post but the Germany international couldn’t get over the ball and fired into the stands.

It was an entertaining opening quarter with both sides looking good on the break – with 25 minutes gone though, it was still goalless.

On the half hour however, the home side took the lead as Alexander Isak jinked into the area and fired home.

And then just 90 seconds later they doubled their advantage as Anthony Gordon beat Micky van de Ven and struck from close range.

Into the second half and Isak added a third as the Sweden international beat Spurs offside trap and slotted in past Vicario.

Despite a raft of changes from Postecoglou, Spurs were unable to threaten the hosts at all with Heung-min Son coming off just after the hour as sure a sign as any that it wasn’t going to be their day.

In the dying moments things got even worse for Spurs as Fabian Schär rose highest in the area and headed in from a corner.

Sunday sees Liverpool host Crystal Palace whilst Arsenal take on Aston Villa and West Ham face Fulham.