The key facts

  • Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1:0 — the only shot on target and Madueke's 80th-minute goal after a deflection
  • Manchester United drew 1:1 with Leeds: Mbemo's goal cancelled out by Calvert-Lewin; the team has one win in seven rounds
  • Brighton thrashed Crystal Palace 5:0, Bournemouth beat Sunderland 2:0

Arsenal snatch a late win

Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1:0 on Sunday and kept up the pressure on league leaders Manchester City, who the day before recorded their seventh win in seven matches by beating Ipswich at home — despite the fallout from the verdict on the club's serious financial breaches. The Londoners' match did not go smoothly: Mikel Arteta's side struggled for a long time to break down Oliver Glasner's team's defence. The decisive moment came in the 80th minute, when substitute Noni Madueke struck at goal and the ball, after a deflection off Jair Cunha, ended up in the net. It was Arsenal's only shot on target in the match, but the win returned the team to second place — three points behind City. Nottingham, who failed to convert a series of chances at the end, dropped into the relegation zone. 'We fought for the result until the last second. We had to take risks — they are a dangerous team. We controlled our emotions well, and the substitutes made a huge impact,' BBC quotes Arteta as saying.

United drop points again

Manchester United failed to end their poor run, drawing 1:1 with arch-rivals Leeds at Elland Road. Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring in the 35th minute, getting on the end of a Youri Tielemans cross — his fourth goal of the season, though he also missed several chances. After the break Leeds seized the initiative, and in the 51st minute Dominic Calvert-Lewin, controlling the ball on his chest after a flick-on from Tariq Muharemovic from a corner, equalised while falling. United have just one win in seven league rounds and six matches without a win in all competitions; 13th place is their worst points return at this stage of a season since the 1986/87 campaign. The crisis deepened after the Champions League exit to Atletico (0:2): defender Lisandro Martinez criticised the club's leadership in an interview in Spain for insufficient investment in the summer transfer window. Michael Carrick, for whom this is his first full season in charge, said on Friday that the club 'moves on' and named Martinez in the starting line-up. After the match the coach focused on the positives: 'If there is a weakness, it will be found today. Confidence is not at its maximum, but the players tried to do the right things. At times we looked very good, defensively we acted as a team,' he told Sky Sports.

Other Sunday matches

Brighton thrashed Crystal Palace 5:0, featuring a sensational strike by Diego Gomez from the halfway line. Brighton's 23 goals in the first seven rounds — only three teams in Premier League history had scored more at this stage. Bournemouth beat a ten-man Sunderland 2:0 thanks to goals from Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson — the team's first league win of the current season.