Premier League LIVE: How Saturday's seven matches unfolded

Summary

FT: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea - Havertz heads in James corner; James handles on line for red card & Salah scores penalty
FT: Newcastle 2-2 Southampton - injury-time Ward-Prowse penalty for point
FT: West Ham 2-2 Palace - Gallagher levels twice for visitors; FT: Norwich 1-2 Leicester - Albrighton with winner
FT: Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford - Buendia cancels out Toney opener; FT: Brighton 0-2 Everton - Gray goal & Calvert-Lewin penalty
FT: Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal - Gundogan, Torres (2), Jesus & Rodri for rampant City
Xhaka red cad for two-footed tackle on Cancelo, Arsenal drop to bottom of league
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Steve Sutcliffe and Emlyn Begley

West Ham to remain unchanged?published at 12:17 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
West Ham v Crystal Palace (15:00 BST)
West Ham United
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West Ham, who have scored a total of eight goals in their two wins so far, could name the same team for a third successive match.
This game comes too soon for Arthur Masuaku, who is working his way back to fitness following a knee injury.
Crystal Palace are without long-term absentees Nathan Ferguson, Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise.
Captain Luka Milivojevic, who has yet to feature this season, remains missing because of personal reasons.
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Norwich v Leicester (15:00 BST)
Ominous for Norwich, but still some way off Sunderland's 20-game losing streak between January 2003 and September 2005...
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Ronaldo's Man Utd return a double-edged sword for Ole Gunnar Solskjaerpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
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Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel currently on Football Focus saying that there "can be no more excuses" about competing for Premier League title, with Cristiano Ronaldo returning to the club.
Pretty much what our chief football writer Phil McNulty has written, calling it a "double-edged sword" for manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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Early team newspublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Norwich v Leicester (15:00 BST)
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Norwich winger Christos Tzolis injured his calf in the win over Bournemouth and will be assessed, while boss Daniel Farke is optimistic Josh Sargent will be fit despite a glute issue.
Full-back Sam Byram and midfielder Przemyslaw Placheta remain sidelined.
Leicester City left-back Ryan Bertrand is in contention after recovering from Covid-19.
Defender Jannik Vestergaard is still out with a knee injury, while Ayoze Perez begins a three-match ban.
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Brighton v Everton (15:00 BST)
Thou shall not pass.
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Early team newspublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Newcastle v Southampton (15:00 GMT)
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Newcastle's Allan Saint-Maximin should be fit after a foot problem while Paul Dummett is back following a calf issue.
Boss Steve Bruce says it is "touch and go" whether Isaac Hayden, who has a knee injury, will be fit to play.
Southampton midfielder Stuart Armstrong is out with a calf problem while long-term absentee Will Smallbone also remains sidelined by a knee injury.
Manager Ralph Hasenhuttl is likely to rotate his line-up after Saints' record 8-0 away win at Newport in midweek.
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Man City v Arsenal (12:30 BST)
Glorious day for it at the Etihad. Barely a cloud in the sky.
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Man City v Arsenal (12:30 BST)
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Thoughts anyone? Dion Dublin's going to go for a forward isn't he? Danny Ings anyone?
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Listen to full match commentarypublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Man City v Arsenal (12:30 BST)
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Remember you can listen to all the build up plus full match comms on Manchester City v Arsenal on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Tune inpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
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Early team newspublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Brighton v Everton (15:00 BST)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton are hoping forward Neal Maupay will be fit despite a shoulder injury.
Danny Welbeck could return from a thigh problem but is unlikely to start, while Enock Mwepu, who limped off in midweek, has a small chance of being involved.
Everton midfielder Fabian Delph has a shoulder injury and will be assessed ahead of the game.
Alex Iwobi also faces a late fitness test on an abductor problem but Moise Kean is banned after his red card in Tuesday's EFL Cup win at Huddersfield.
Early team newspublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Aston Villa v Brentford (15:00 BST)
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Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith says striker Ollie Watkins, who has been nursing a bruised knee, will be fit to face his former side if he comes through training on Friday unscathed.
This game comes too soon for Bertrand Traore, Leon Bailey and Morgan Sanson.
Brentford boss Thomas Frank says Ethan Pinnock is available despite going off with an ankle problem in midweek.
Mathias Jensen and Shandon Baptiste are close to recovering from injuries and will be assessed.
But Josh DaSilva and Mads Bech Sorensen are both ruled out.
Watch: The perfect player?published at 11:52 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
BBC Sport takes a look back at some of Cristiano Ronaldo's greatest Premier League moments
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'Magnificent', 'sensational' & the 'perfect player': Ronaldo's top Premier League moments
How Man Utd pulled off shock Cristiano Ronaldo transferpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
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Wondering just how Cristiano Ronaldo ended up back at Manchester United?
He seemed to be destined for Manchester City didn't he?
But by the time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sat down for what can sometimes be a chaotic media Zoom call at 13:15 BST on Friday afternoon, the United manager already knew Ronaldo would be returning to Old Trafford.
You can read all about how the move unfolded.
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Ronaldo returnspublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
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Sorry a bit cryptic there, I was having a Michael Jordan returning to the Chicago Bulls moment!
I meant a certain Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Anyone following Premier League transfers on Friday.
Looks like HE IS BACK.
Postpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Before we get into full Manchester City v Arsenal mode lets have a quick scour round at a few other bits and bobs and the early team news from Saturday's other Premier League matches.
Sterling effortpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Man City v Arsenal (12:30 BST)
Manchester City
Raheem Sterling loves playing against the Gunners. Bet he can't believe he's not starting with that record.
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Team news - No changes for City; four for Arsenalpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 28 August 2021
Man City v Arsenal (12:30 BST)
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Pep Guardiola sticks with the same Manchester City side that thrashed Norwich 5-0 last weekend.
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Silva, Rodri, Gundogan, Jesus, Torres, Grealish.
Subs: Stones, Ake, Sterling, Zinchenko, Steffen, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Doyle, Palmer.
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta makes four changes following the Gunners 2-0 defeat by London rivals Chelsea a week ago.
Martin Odegaard, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Calum Chambers and Sead Kolasinac come in, with Bukayo Saka fit to play despite hurting his knee in the Carabao Cup win over West brom.
Arsenal XI: Leno, Cedric, Chambers, Holding, Kolasinac, Tierney, Odegaard, Smith-Rowe, Xhaka, Saka, Aubameyang.
Subs: Lacazette, Maitland-Niles, Tavares, Pablo Mari, Sambi Lokonga, Elneny, Ramsdale, Okonkwo, Martinelli