Summary

  • RESULT: Arsenal 3-1 Man United

  • RESULT: Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa

  • RESULT: Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves

  1. Thanks and goodbyepublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    That's it. We've played to the final whistle.

    What a day it has been with Liverpool, Crystal Palace and Arsenal gaining victories over Aston Villa, Wolves and Manchester United respectively.

    Thanks as always for joining us and for all your comments. Hope you enjoyed it all as much as we did.

    Until next time, bye for now.

  2. Arteta praises 'tremendous' Rice for his 'magic' momentpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Media caption,

    Arsenal 3-1 Man Utd: Mikel Arteta 'The emotion at the end is why we play'

    Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta is "extremely proud" of his side after beating Manchester United 3-1 and praises "tremendous" Declan Rice for scoring his first goal for the club.

  3. Garnacho was 'not offside' - Ten Hagpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Media caption,

    Arsenal 3-1 Man Utd: Erik ten Hag reacts to loss away at the Emirates

    Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag is critical of the refereeing decisions in the 3-1 defeat by Arsenal, saying Alejandro Garnacho's disallowed goal was "not offside".

  4. Arsenal score two late goals to stun Man Utdpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer at Emirates Stadium

    Declan RiceImage source, Getty Images

    Arsenal scored twice in stoppage time to secure a dramatic victory over Manchester United at Emirates Stadium.

    In a chaotic finale to a largely scrappy game, United first thought they had snatched three points only to see Alejandro Garnacho's 88th-minute finish ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee with the score 1-1.

    The drama then switched to the other end in eight added minutes as Declan Rice's deflected shot gave Arsenal the lead before substitute Gabriel Jesus raced clear to wrap up the win as the stadium exploded in elation.

    United had taken the lead in the 27th minute when Christian Eriksen's outstanding pass played in Marcus Rashford, who cut inside to send an unerring right-foot drive past Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale.

    The Gunners, who had already spurned a golden chance when the struggling Kai Havertz miskicked with the goal at his mercy, were level almost instantly when captain Martin Odegaard was given too much space and sent an emphatic finish into the bottom corner.

    In an encounter that rarely hit the heights despite lots of effort, Arsenal - who had seen a penalty over-turned by the VAR after referee Anthony Taylor originally ruled Havertz had been fouled - missed a glorious late opportunity when Bukayo Saka shot straight at Andre Onana.

    United saw celebrations cut short with two minutes left when substitute Garnacho raced clear to score, but the VAR ruled he was just offside - opening the door for Arsenal to produce two devastating blows.

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    Disgruntled Man Utd fan here. Probably the right result, but weirdly pleased with the performance at comes. Hojlund looks like he could be a real asset. Tough to think that a Havertz dive and a potential winner for offside really dictated the extra time. But that's football and I'd be delighted had it been the other way round.

    Declan

  6. Gift of the Gabpublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Gabriel Jesus’ Premier League record when he scores:

    57 games. 0 defeats.

  7. Klopp 'calm despite fuss' over Salah's futurepublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa

    Gary Rose
    BBC Sport

    Mohamed Salah runs with the ball against Aston VillaImage source, Getty Images

    Speculation over Mohamed Salah's future at Liverpool could intensify this week, but no-one is calmer than Jurgen Klopp about his star forward's future.

    Klopp's side rejected a £150m bid for the Egypt international from Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad last week, with the Reds insisting the 31-year-old is not for sale.

    With the transfer window in Saudi Arabia not closing until Thursday, Liverpool are bracing themselves for more bids in the coming days.

    But after watching him score one goal and play a part in the others as the Reds beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday, Klopp insists Salah is focused only on doing his best for the club.

    "I never had any doubt about his commitment to this club," the German told Sky Sports.

    "You can't imagine how much fuss the world has made but how calm we are with it. He is our player and wants to play here."

  8. Magnificent Martinpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Only five players have scored more non-penalty goals than Martin Odegaard in the Premier League since the start of last season.

    • 34 - Haaland
    • 25 - Kane
    • 19 - Salah
    • 18 - Rashford
    • 17 - Wilson
    • 16 - Odegaard
  9. Salah scores as Liverpool beat Aston Villapublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa

    Gary Rose
    BBC Sport

    Mohamed SalahImage source, Getty Images

    Mohamed Salah put speculation about his future behind him by scoring as Liverpool comfortably beat Aston Villa to continue their strong start to the season in the Premier League.

    Jurgen Klopp's side rejected a £150m bid for the Egypt international from Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad, with the Reds insisting the 31-year-old is not for sale.

    And Salah emphasised his worth to Liverpool when he scored their third goal in the second half at Anfield, firing in at the back post from Darwin Nunez's cross to seal a third league win in a row.

    Dominik Szoboszlai got the hosts up and running after just three minutes, scoring his first goal for the club with a crisp strike through a crowded box.

    Villa, who have been scoring for fun since losing 5-1 to Newcastle in their opening game of the season, were far too open at the back as they struggled to deal with Liverpool's forwards.

    The hosts increased their lead in the 22nd minute when Nunez's shot hit the post and bounced in off the unlucky Matty Cash.

    Liverpool looked capable of scoring with every attack in a rampant first half, although Villa's cause was not helped by an enforced change as centre-back Diego Carlos limped off with an injury inside the opening 20 minutes.

    And the lively Nunez went close to scoring his third goal in two games as his shot bounced off the crossbar.

    Keeper Alisson made a good stop to push out Cash's header in the second half, but Salah's second goal of the season wrapped up a win that moved Liverpool up to third in the Premier League, two points behind leaders Manchester City.

  10. 'Disappointed to concede three goals'published at 19:55 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves

    Wolves

    More from Wolves boss Gary O'Neil: “I thought we were the better side until it went 1-0 to them, I thought the goal was against the run of play. Tactically I thought we had control over it and then they have good players on when the game gets a little bit messier and if you turn the ball over in an area you shouldn’t, they have the quality to punish you and they did and we didn’t show enough regularly to threaten their goal even though we did arrive an awful lot.

    "Disappointed because it’s not a game that I feel like we should have lost. Just work to be done. It was a big improvement today and now we need to push the lads hard to get every little drop out of them in the final third because that’s where you make a big difference. Defensively, disappointed to concede three goals when we didn’t have too much to deal with threat wise, just little mistakes that we made on the ball."

  11. The rice is rightpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    Declan Rice's goal after 95 minutes and 43 seconds is the latest winning goal in Premier League matches between Arsenal and Manchester United.

  12. 'Edouard would have been my man of the match'published at 19:54 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves

    Crystal Palace

    More from Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson speaking to BBC Match of the Day:

    On Odsonne Edouard’s performance: “Very good. I worked with him for the 10 matches of last season and we saw glimpses of what we thought he could do for the team. I think he did a good job for us.

    "But I always thought there was more to come from him because he’s such a talented player. He’s not only good at holding the ball up, he’s very skilful, very technical and he can score goals and that’s exactly what he did today.

    "His hold-up play was good, his attempts to play people in and around the penalty area was very good and he scored an excellent goal so today I’m pleased that you’ve made him man of the match because he would have been my man of the match as well.”

    “Oh yes [on being satisfied with Palace’s seven points so far], once we start thinking here at Crystal Palace that we can win every game we play in this Premier League then that’s when problem are going to start.

    "I had the feeling today to some extent that we didn’t start the game in the way that we should have done. We can’t stroll through the league and get points at will unless we produce really good performances."

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    Gareth: I really love football fans. It was a great even game. That had everything and showed the best of the premier league. Just enjoy it for what it is!!!

    Anon: Actually wish Rice the best of luck, even if that makes the Arsenal more competitive with Man City (my team), he's such a genuine character and so honest and authentic. So good for England's chances too

  14. 'It wasn't a game I thought we were going to lose'published at 19:50 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves

    Wolves

    Wolves boss Gary O'Neil speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “Stood on the side-lines, it wasn’t a game I thought we were going to lose, we had some real good control of it. Obviously we suffered some big chances from our own doing, technical breakdowns with the ball, turnover and they punished us.

    "But in terms of our control, we managed to keep arriving in their final third and were very good in that and then we weren’t good enough when we got there. I think we got into their final third over 60 times and didn’t manage to test their goalie too many times.

    "Having said that we scored two good goals away from home and it’s just disappointing because I didn’t ever feel the game was going to get away from us like it did after about 70 minutes.

  15. 'Victories are to be rejoiced'published at 19:48 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves

    Crystal Palace

    Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “Yeah we weren’t good in the first half, that’s true. Wolves were quite good in the first half so probably a bit unkind to say it was a poor spectacle because if anything we would have to take responsibility for that. We were nowhere near what we think we’re capable of being. We got much closer to that in the second half and luckily we scored good goals otherwise we wouldn’t have won this game.

    “I am delighted with the victory, delighted to get the three points and finish with seven points from four games but I think what today did show it that we are still very much a work in progress, we’ve still got a lot to do and we still do need to hone our game in certain areas because if we’re going to have first halves like the first one and concede goals in the 96th minute from a cross, letting two goals in at home, it’s going to be very hard for us to get where we want to in the league.

    "The players know that, they’re aware of that and I’ve just said to them that sometimes you finish a game when you have played really well. Our last home game against Arsenal I thought we played really well but we lost 1-0 and everyone says that you’ve played really well.

    "I would rather today, I would much rather today because victories are to be rejoiced, victories are what we are in the game for at this level so every time you get one, even if it is not in the manner you might have liked, it give you something to learn from. It’s harder to learn from the unlucky defeats when everyone is telling you that you should have got something from the game."

  16. Edouard double gives Palace victory against Wolvespublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves

    Marissa Thomas
    BBC Sport

    Odsonne Edouard celebrates scoring for Crystal PalaceImage source, Getty Images

    Odsonne Edouard scored twice as Crystal Palace beat Wolves in a Premier League match with a frantic finish.

    Edouard opened the scoring after he got in between two Wolves defenders to finish from Tyrick Mitchell's excellent cross.

    Wolves substitute Hwang Hee-chan equalised six minutes after entering the field, getting on the end of a free-kick from Pedro Neto.

    But just minutes after being denied from a free-kick by Wolves keeper Jose Sa, Eberechi Eze got on the end of a knock down from Jean-Philippe Mateta to slide home.

    Then Edouard combined with Mateta and produced a calm slotted finish.

    Matheus Cunha headed home from close range in added time but the points were already heading to Palace.

    "He's [Mateta] not only good at holding the ball up, he's very skilful, very technical and he can score goals and that's exactly what he did today," Palace manager Roy Hodgson told BBC Match of the Day.

  17. Postpublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    It's been a long, but great day of Premier League football. Let's have a look back at what has happened today..

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    DSS: Don’t agree with ETH’s assessment of the game: United were awful in the first half. The ending was also predictable. United’s start to the season has been distinctly unimpressive and are lucky even to be where they are in the table.

    Peter: Hopefully this will convince Arteta to continue to play four defenders in defence. And see if he can recall Tierney back from his loan early.

    Mike: The man United fans saying Arsenal were lucky! They had Onana booked for time wasting at 1-1! It would have been a travesty if they'd got anything out of that game.

  19. 'We could have won today'published at 19:36 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Manchester United

    Erik ten HagImage source, Getty Images

    Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag speaking to Sky Sports after the loss at Arsenal: "I think the performance is right for us. We played a very good game but everything went against us. Then you don't win the game. You need a little bit more luck to win the game."

    On Garnacho's ruled-out goal: "It is not offside. That is the wrong angle. The penalty on Hojlund and when we concede the goal it's a clear foul on Evans. You can say 'finish your chances' and you can say 'don't concede after going 1-0 up' but I am happy with the performance and it was a step forward.

    "Everyone was involved. I think on the ball we were calm but there is room for improvement. We missed some passes forward and could have hurt them more. But I am happy with the performance from the team."

    More on the offside call: "We have to accept it but I see the angle. I don't see it as offside. But it doesn't change the result. It is what it is, you have to accept it."

    On Rasmus Hojlund's debut: "I think he played very good but I also think Martial had a good performance. I think Rasmus Hojlund had a very good impact on the game."

    On United's start to the season: "You want to take more from it. First game was not our game, we needed a little luck. Then I think against Spurs and today it was a penalty. I see good patterns and I see our trend line going up. It is the international break and then we continue.

    "We have to improve definitely but you see and what we saw last year, we can beat anyone. It is such close margins and we could have won today. If Garnacho's is a goal, then we would have won."

  20. Tremendous Rice shows 'big moment for big players'published at 19:28 British Summer Time 3 September 2023

    FT: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

    Arsenal

    Mikel ArtetaImage source, Getty Images

    Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to MOTD: "The emotion at the end is why we are all in this industry, to work hard and earn the chance to live those moments. Extremely proud of the team.

    "Both VAR decisions can be viewed in different ways but I think the performance of the team overall deserves the win.

    "I love the mentality and determination the team shows. We made a hard life for ourselves by giving the first goal away, but overall I have pride in the team for what they want to do all the time.

    "The equaliser was a great goal and it is the reaction you want.

    "Big matches for big players and Rice was tremendous. He dominated in the middle of the park, he understand what was needed and gave the team motivation and then produced the moment of magic to win the game."