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EPL: Palace stun Man City, Brighton come back at Liverpool

…as goalkeeper inspires Arsenal win at Leicester

Crystal Palace upset 10-man Manchester City to spoil Pep Guardiola’s 200th Premier League match as manager at Etihad Stadium.

Palace went ahead inside six minutes as Wilfried Zaha pounced on Aymeric Laporte’s poor ball and exchanged passes with Conor Gallagher before scuffing beyond Ederson’s dive.

Laporte’s day worsened on the stroke of half-time, as he was sent off by referee Andre Marriner for denying Zaha a goalscoring opportunity by dragging down the Palace forward.

Gabriel Jesus saw a second-half equaliser chalked off by the video assistant referee for offside against Phil Foden before Gallagher sealed a deserved victory for the visitors by sweeping a fine finish in off the post late on.

At Anfield, Brighton came from two goals down to secure a deserved point and deny Liverpool victory in an incident-packed game.

Captain Jordan Henderson fired the Reds ahead from 18 yards moments after Alisson had denied Solly March at the other end following Leandro Trossard’s defence-splitting pass.

Yves Bissouma, making his first start since September 19 after recovering from a knee injury, then had an effort tipped on to the post before Sadio Mane headed Liverpool into a 2-0 lead after a cross by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, on for the injured Naby Keita.

Brighton’s comeback started through Enock Mwepu’s first Premier League goal, a stunning attempt from 25 yards which deceived Alisson.

Graham Potter’s side were impressive and they equalised when Trossard slotted home after an assist by former Liverpool player Adam Lallana.

In an entertaining game, Mane and Mohamed Salah both found the back of the net either side of half-time, but both attempts were ruled out for handball and offside respectively.

In a tense finale, Brighton thought they had won it when Trossard scored in front of The Kop, but it was ruled out for offside.

And Reece James scored twice to help Premier League leaders Chelsea beat Newcastle United at a packed St James’ Park.

James blasted the ball into the roof of the net after Callum Hudson-Odoi’s cross was headed into his path to put the visitors ahead after 65 minutes.

It became 2-0 12 minutes later when England wing-back James again struck powerfully past goalkeeper Karl Darlow after a shot from substitute Ruben Loftus-Cheek was blocked.

Darlow then fouled Kai Havertz to give Chelsea a penalty, which Jorginho converted for a third goal.

Newcastle, playing at home for the first time since Steve Bruce was sacked, struggled to create chances with England striker Callum Wilson heading a rare opportunity over the crossbar.

They remain without a league victory this season and are 19th in the table.

In the early kick off, Arsenal continued their recent resurgence with a comfortable Premier League win over Leicester City at King Power Stadium.

The visitors capitalised on a lacklustre start from the hosts to dominate the early exchanges and were rewarded with a two-goal lead inside 20 minutes, reports the BBC.

Gabriel put the Gunners in front, climbing above several static Leicester defenders to head in from Bukayo Saka’s corner, while Emile Smith Rowe picked his spot when the ball broke to him after good work from Saka and Alexandre Lacazette.

Mikel Arteta’s side are now unbeaten in seven top-flight games and climb from 10th to fifth in the table, level on points with fourth-placed West Ham, before Saturday’s other fixtures.

It was a disappointing afternoon for Leicester who remain in mid-table.

Brendan Rodgers’ side were roared on by an enthusiastic home crowd but struggled to find the rhythm and poise that helped them to successive victories over Manchester United and Brentford.

James Maddison’s curling free-kick just before the break brought a fine save from Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale but despite a significant improvement after the break they were unable to claw themselves back into the contest.

RESULTS

Leicester 0 – 2 Arsenal

Burnley 3 – 1 Brentford

Liverpool 2 – 2 Brighton

Man City 0 – 2 Crystal Palace

Newcastle 3 – 3 Chelsea

Watford 0 – 1 Southampton

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