Postpublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Corner number nine for Aston Villa. Surely they make one of these count? Not this time as Boubacar Kamara sends a free header wide.
Liverpool miss host of chances as Man Utd hold them to goalless draw
FT: Arsenal 2-0 Brighton - Jesus & Havertz send Gunners top of table
FT: Brentford 1-2 Aston Villa - Moreno & Watkins score as Villa come from behind to win
FT: West Ham 3-0 Wolves - Kudus (2) & Bowen give Hammers comfortable win
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Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Corner number nine for Aston Villa. Surely they make one of these count? Not this time as Boubacar Kamara sends a free header wide.
Pablo Sarabia
Wolves are back in this.
Nelson Semedo plays a ball across the six-yard box which Pablo Sarabia sweeps in.
But it's being checked for offside.
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Noel: I can't agree with De Zerbi's obsession with playing it out from the back. There are times when Row Z is the best option. It'll be Brighton's downfall here.
West Ham 2-0 Wolves
Decent spell for Wolves and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde smashes over.
Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
I'm all for playing out from the back, but if it's not working then surely you have to have a plan B?
Brighton's midfield have no legs and Arsenal are breaking on them.
Arsenal could get two or three now.
Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
Another Arsenal chance from a corner. Gabriel Jesus heads it down and Martin Odegaard shoots wide.
Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
That goal takes Arsenal top of the table. Liverpool play Manchester United in 75 minutes.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins scored 45 league goals for Brentford but he has had little impact against his former side today. He's not yet had a shot of note for Villa.
Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
You get what you deserve, Brighton, because you're overplaying and giving away stupid chances!
That's poor goalkeeping too.
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Mohammed kudus is on fire, man is taking the premier league by storm
Obed, Nigeria
£100m for Rice buys you JWP, Kudus and Alvarez. It's like shopping at TK Maxx.
AJ, Eastleigh
Gabriel Jesus (53 mins)
Arsenal take the lead.
Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke flicks on an Arsenal corner with his head accidentally and Gabriel Jesus stoops at the back post to head into an empty net.
Arsenal 0-0 Brighton
Brilliant defending by Jan Paul van Hecke to stop Martin Odegaard from having a tap-in from Bukayo Saka's ball. A move again created by Brighton messing up playing it out of defence.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa are starting to look a little leggy. They've had a lot of games recently and that is perhaps starting to catch up with them.
Arsenal 0-0 Brighton
Imagine a football fan from the 1970s or 1980s seeing all the passing round the back these days. They wouldn't believe it.
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Craig: Arsenal playing exactly as they did at Villa park, dominating play but not very clinical (16 shots!). Need to find a cutting edge, feels like a game where we get sucker punched right now
Kurdoza: it’s clear as daylight Arsenal need a proper goal scorer otherwise they won’t win the league.
West Ham 2-0 Wolves
West Ham's Nayef Aguerd heads over from a corner.
Arsenal 0-0 Brighton
Brighton almost get caught out playing from the back twice in a minute but Bart Vebruggen gets to Martin Odegaard's ball before Bukayo Saka.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa have their seventh corner of the game, Mark Flekken claws at the delivery before his defence eventually manages to clear.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Christian Nørgaard is booked for a late challenge. He has a bit of a nervous wait as VAR checks to see if it is worthy of upgrading to a red, but the check is quick and the original decision stands.