Chelsea beat Everton 6-3 in the entertaining nine-goal thriller match at Goodison Park. Diego Costa scored with
just 35 seconds after the match started,
and the superb striker added the sixth goal for Chelsea at 90th minute. Substitute forwarder Samuel Eto’o struck Everton’s third goal, when playing against his former club.
Manchester United remained winless,
after being held 0-0 by Burnley. The EPL
record signing Ángel Di María made his
first debut for Red Devils at Turf Moor.
The Argentine was one of United’s bright
sparks in the match with his great passing ability. However, Di Maria suffered cramp injured and was replaced by Anderson at 70th minute of the game.
Burnley keeper Tom Heaton made a few
impressive saves while midfielder Dean
Marney was strong and working hard to help Burnley to earn their first point in the latest season.
Southampton came back to beat West
Ham 3-1 at Upton Park. Mark Noble
opened the scoring for Weat Ham at 27th minute through a powerful from outside the box area. Morgan Schneiderlin scored the equalizer for Southampton, just before furst half was ended. The Saints midfielder added more goal at 68th minute, assisted by James Ward-Prowse. Graziano Pellè’s
goal at 83rd minute ensure 3-1 victory for The Saints.
Leonardo Ulloa’s second Barclays Premier League goal of the season earned Leicester City a 1-1 draw against Arsenal on Sunday.
Leicester’s record signing headed home in the 22nd minute to immediately cancel out Alexis Sanchez’s first league goal for Arsenal since joining from Barcelona.
Ulloa’s intervention proved enough to earn a valuable point as the visitors failed to find a winner in an entertaining encounter at the King Power Stadium.
Arsenal headed into the match desperate to cap a good week, having qualified for the UEFA Champions League group phase for the 17th successive season on Wednesday.
Aston Villa held off late pressure from Hull City to cap the visitors’ disappointing week with a 2-1 defeat on Sunday.
Steve Bruce’s side bowed out of the UEFA Europa League to Lokeren on Thursday, and first-half goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor and Andreas Weimann gave a lacklustre Hull a mountain to climb at Villa Park.
Villa’s strong start to the match was rewarded when Agbonlahor opened the scoring with a smart finish after 16 minutes.
Weimann played a significant role in the opener and the Austrian got on the scoresheet shortly after the half-hour mark.
Mario Balotelli made a promising debut as Brendan Rodgers celebrated his 100th game in charge of Liverpool with a 3-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur.
Rodgers insisted in the build-up to Sunday’s fixture that his club would not become ‘the Balotelli show’ but the controversial striker went straight into the starting line-up at the expense of
Philippe Coutinho. Captain Steven Gerrard also joked that the Italy international had already made an impact with his new team-mates by changing the pre-match music in the dressing room and he certainly looked at ease from the outset.
Goals from Raheem Sterling (8), Steven Gerrard (49Pen) and Alberto Moreno (60)
Was all the Reds needed to send Mauricio Pochettino’s side home with three goals unreplied.
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