Overview
- Bournemouth beat Leeds 2-0 on Saturday to make it six straight wins across competitions without conceding, with James Trafford’s poor pass giving Evanilson the opener and Junior Eli Kroupi nutmegging a defender to set up Amine Adli for the second.
- Manager Marco Rose confirmed defender Alex Tóth has a 'huge' muscle injury that will sideline him for months, a setback for Bournemouth even as the club’s confidence rises from wins over AC Milan, Manchester United and Aston Villa.
- Manchester City lost 1-0 at home to Brighton on Saturday and manager Enzo Maresca blamed a run of individual defensive mistakes for the defeat as the club has now conceded 10 league goals in nine games.
- Manchester United’s 2-0 loss at Chelsea on Saturday featured Lisandro Martinez’s red card after a VAR review for an elbow on Wesley Fofana that led to a penalty and compounded pressure on manager Michael Carrick during a nine-game winless run.
- Sunderland dropped to the bottom of the table after a 3-1 defeat to Coventry on Saturday, with captain Granit Xhaka and manager Regis Le Bris citing repeated unforced errors and a leaky defence that could make a difficult run of upcoming fixtures more perilous.