No sooner had the game started than the ball was already in the net. Luis Diaz scored the opening goal after just three minutes.
The Colombian started a crazy first half. Harvey Elliot and Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 3-0 before the half hour. And Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk also scored their goal before the break.
Things got worse for poor Bournemouth after the break. Immediately after the tea break, Mepham scored an own goal. 6-0. Roberto Firmino, Fabian Carvalho and once again Diaz made it 9-0 (!). Then there were 5 minutes left to play. In the end it was 9-0. Firmino was the big man with two goals and three assists.
Hattrick Haaland saves City
Manchester City initially had a nasty afternoon at home against Crystal Palace. Just like a week earlier against Newcastle United, the Citizens also trailing 2-0. John Stones scored his own goal after four minutes. Joachim Andersen even led to a 0-2 deficit.
Shortly after the break Bernardo Silva made it exciting again, on a pass from Rodri he made the 1-2. It was the prelude to the Man City revival. Or, more accurately, the revival of Erling Haaland. The Norwegian made a hat-trick between minute 62 and 81 and completely reversed the deficit: 4-2.
Arsenal right in time
Arsenal narrowly prevented their first loss of points in the Premier League. The Londoners, who started the season strongly, were at home, after falling behind, 2-1 too strong for Fulham’s fellow townspeople. Precisely defender Gabriel, who still made a mistake in Fulham’s goal, took the winning goal.
Aleksandar Mitrovic gave Fulham the lead after just under an hour. He took advantage of a fumble in Arsenal’s defence, where he wrested the ball from lingering Gabriel. Less than 10 minutes later, Martin Ødegaard equalized with a touched shot and in the 86th minute Gabriel scored from close range after a corner. The goal brought relief to the Brazilian and the 60,000 spectators.
Arsenal, opponent of PSV in the group stage of the Europa League, is the only club with 12 points after four matches. Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion follow with 10 points. Tottenham Hotspur will also come to 10 points on Sunday if the away game against Nottingham Forest is won.
At Fulham, Kenny Tete was substituted in the 79th minute.
Brighton wins again
Brighton & Hove Albion, which defeated Leeds United 1-0, has as many points as leader City after four matches: 10. Arsenal, which will face Fulham on Saturday evening, is the only club that has not yet suffered a loss of points and can beat City and Brighton so over.