Tottenham Ends Chelsea's Premier League Unbeaten Start
Heung-min Son in action for Tottenham |
Chelsea's unbeaten start to the season came to an end as ruthless Tottenham scored three times to overtake the Blues on the table.
The match ended in a 3-1 win in favour of the Spurs with goals scored by Dele Alli, Harry Kane and Heung-min Son. Olivier Giroud came on as a substitute to get a late consolation goal.
Tottenham have now won three of their last four Premier League matches against Chelsea with only one loss. In their previous 20 before the last four, they could only manage three Premier League wins against the Blues.
Since Mauricio Pochettino took charge at Tottenham, the Spurs have won more Premier League London derbies than any other side with total of 22.
Dele Alli has now scored six goals against Chelsea, more than he has against any other side.
Harry Kane has now scored 25 London derby goals, level with Robin van Persie who stand in sixth highest.
Heung-min Son scored his 50th goal for Tottenham in his 154th game in all competitions for the club.
Olivier Giroud is the second substitute player to score the highest number of goals in the Premier League, he has 20 goals from the bench while Jermain Defoe has 24.
Manchester City made it another routine victory at the Olympic stadium with a 4-0 victory over West Ham. A brace from Leroy Sane coupled with one goal each from Raheem Sterling and David Silva were more than enough to secure the victory.
West Ham have conceded a total of 17 goals and scored only once in all of their four games against Man City at the London stadium, losing all four games.
Manchester City have scored 4+ goals in three consecutive Premier League away matches against West Ham, they are the second to do that against any team in the Premier League after Chelsea against Bolton from 2009-2011.
Man City have won 16 and drawn three of their last 19 Premier League games, conceding only eight goals.
David Silva has now scored in each of his last four competitive matches for Man City.
Liverpool maintain the gap at the top of the league thanks to a 3-0 away win at Watford with goals from Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino.
Watford have now lost three of their last four home Premier League games as many as they've lost in their previous 15.
This is the first time since 2007/08 season that Liverpool will be unbeaten in their opening 13 Premier League games.
Manchester United were toothless in front of goal as Crystal Palace claimed a draw at Old Trafford.
Crystal Palace had a total of 13 shots with only two on target and could have gone on to win the match.
The match ended in a 0-0 draw and Manchester United have now kept their first home Premier League clean sheet this season.
Manchester United have drawn 0-0 65 times in the Premier League and 20 of those 0-0 draws have been in six seasons after Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ousmane Dembele scored a late equalizer to secure one point for Barcelona against Atletico Madrid who scored first through Diego Costa. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Results in full...
Premier League
Brighton 1-1 Leicester
Everton 1-0 Cardiff
Fulham 3-2 Southampton
Man United 0-0 Crystal Palace
Watford 0-3 Liverpool
West Ham 0-4 Man City
Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea
Serie A
Udinese 1-0 Roma
Juventus 2-0 SPAL
Inter 3-0 Frosinone
LaLiga
Eibar 3-0 Real Madrid
Valencia 3-0 Rayo Vallecano
Huesca 2-2 Levante
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona
Bundesliga
Mainz 05 1-2 Borussia Dortmund
Augsburg 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayern München 3-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hertha 3-3 Hoffenheim
Wolfsburg 1-0 RB Leipzig
Schalke 04 5-2 1. FC Nürnberg
Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Premier League
AFC Bournemouth Vs Arsenal 2:30pm
Wolverhampton Vs Huddersfield 5:00pm
Serie A
Parma Vs US Sassuolo Calcio 12:30pm
Bologna Vs Fiorentina 3:00pm
Empoli Vs Atalanta 3:00pm
Napoli Vs AC Chievo Verona 3:00pm
Lazio Vs Milan 6:00pm
Genoa Vs Sampdoria 8:30pm
LaLiga
Athletic Bilbao Vs Getafe 12:00pm
Sevilla Vs Real Valladolid 4:15pm
Espanyol Barcelona Vs Girona 6:30pm
Villarreal Vs Real Betis 8:45pm
Bundesliga
Freiburg Vs Werder Bremen 3:30pm
Borussia Mönchengladbach Vs Hannover 96 6:00pm
Ligue 1
Montpellier Vs Rennes 3:00pm
Nice Vs Lille 5:00pm
Amiens Vs Marseille 9:00pm
All time is in GMT+1, have a wonderful day ahead.

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