EPL Round-up: Brighton, Man City, Liverpool Win

EPL Round-up: Brighton, Man City, Liverpool Win

The English Premier League resumed today after the international break. Liverpool started the day with a trip to the Molineux where they took on Wolverhampton Wanderers. The home side started brightly and took the lead just after seven minutes, Hwang Hee-chan scored after Pedro Neto mesmerised their opponents from the wing.

After the break, Liverpool improved and were rewarded when Cody Gakpo equalised after connecting perfectly with Mo Salah’s cross.

As the game dragged into its last ten minutes, Wolves would have preferred a draw, but the Reds had other plans. Andy Robertson scored in the 85th minute before substitute Harvey Eliott’s shot deflected off Hugo Bueno to seal the victory in stoppage time.

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Aston Villa converted a controversial 98th-minute penalty before Bailey scored a 101st-minute goal to defeat Crystal Palace 3-1.

Carlos Vinicius was the hero as his 65th-minute penalty was all Fulham needed to defeat Luton.

Theatre of Dreams was turned into Theatre of Nightmares as Manchester United were humbled 1-3 by Brighton.

Danny Welbeck opened scoring for Brighton against his former club in the 20th minute.

After the break, Pascal Gross made it two before substitute Joao Pedro made it three.

As United fans started leaving the Old Trafford, substitute, Hannibal Mejbri gave the home side a 73rd minute consolatory goal.

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Richarlison and Kulusevski scored injury-time goals to defeat Sheffield United 2-1 in a dramatic encounter.

Manchester City worked extremely hard to come from a goal down to defeat West Ham United 3-1.

In the last match of the day Newcastle United defeated Brentford by a lone goal.

Manchester City lead the table with 15 points followed by Tottenham and Liverpool with 13 points respectively. Brighton, after a resounding 3-1 victory over Manchester United are fourth with 12 points.