Overview
- Brighton beat Crystal Palace 5-0 on Sunday to record a fourth straight Premier League win and stretch a run of 15 goals scored with none conceded.
- Arsenal moved back into second place with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest and sit three points behind Manchester City, who remain on a perfect 21 points.
- Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at Leeds, extending a winless sequence that leaves Michael Carrick under pressure and forces a fitness check on Lisandro Martinez before United travel to Como for Champions League duty.
- Bournemouth secured their first Premier League win, beating Sunderland 2-0, a result that gives the club confidence ahead of Thursday’s Europa League group match against AC Milan at the Vitality Stadium.
- These results, from the seventh Premier League round and early European group stage, reshape short-term momentum: monitor Brighton’s defensive form, Arsenal’s chase of City, and United’s fitness and form carrying into continental fixtures.