Manchester City looked destined to drop points against Fulham before Erling Haaland scored his 18th Premier League goal of the campaign with a 95th-minute penalty to earn a 2-1 win.
That result lifted City to the top of the league table, a point ahead of Arsenal who can return to the summit if they beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
It was a dramatic afternoon in the Premier League packed full of goals, penalty incidents, red cards and crucial results at both ends of the table, including at Elland Road where Leeds overturned a 3-1 deficit to beat Bournemouth 4-3.
Here’s what happened in Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs:
Premier League results
- Leeds 4-3 Bournemouth
- Man City 2-1 Fulham
- Nottingham Forest 1-2 Brentford
- Wolves 2-2 Brighton
Man City 2-1 Fulham
- Goals: Alvarez 17′, Haaland pen 90+5′ | Pereira pen 28′
- Red card: Cancelo
It looked as though City would enjoy a comfortable afternoon when Erling Haaland’s understudy Julian Alvarez put them in front after only 17 minutes. However, the complexion of the game changed when Joao Cancelo was sent off less than 10 minutes later after bundling Harry Wilson to the floor in his own box with Andreas Pereira dispatching the penalty in Aleksandar Mitrovic’s absence.
Pep Guardiola sent on Erling Haaland and Phil Foden with 26 minutes to try and take the game away from Fulham and it looked to have worked when the Norwegian headed home, only for VAR to rule him just offside. Haaland was not to be denied, though, and eventually got his goal deep into stoppage time with a penalty that squirmed underneath Bernd Leno.
Leeds 4-3 Bournemouth
- Goals: Rodrigo pen 3′, Greenwood 60′, Cooper 68′, Summerville 84′ | Tavernier 7′, Billing 19′, Solanke 48′
Leeds made the perfect start following last weekend’s heroics at Anfield by taking the lead after just three minutes through a Rodrigo penalty after Crysencio Summerville was caught by Marcos Senesi.
However, by the 20-minute mark they found themselves trailing 2-1 with Marcus Tavernier drawing the Cherries level with his first Premier League goal before Phillip Billing swept an unstoppable effort into the top corner.
Boos rang around Elland Road when Dominic Solanke flicked an effort into the net to extend Bournemouth’s lead and pile the pressure on the beleaguered Jesse Marsch. However, just as it looked as though Marsch’s days could be numbered, his team rallied with Sam Greenwood, Liam Cooper and Summerville completing an epic comeback.
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- Goals: Gibbs-White 20′, Jorgensen og 90+6′ | Mbeumo pen 45+3′, Wissa 75′
Morgan Gibbs-White arrived for a club-record £45m fee from Wolves in the summer and in his 12th Premier League appearance finally registered his first goal, ending an ambitious run with a well-taken finish.
It was a case of no Ivan Toney, no problem, as far as Brentford were concerned as Bryan Mbeumo swept home a penalty in the absence of the Bees’ spot-kick specialist, after Dean Henderson had tripped Yoane Wissa.
Wissa, who led the line in Toney’s absence, completed the turnaround by lifting the ball over Henderson after racing onto a pinpoint through ball from Mathias Jensen to leave Forest bottom of the table.
Wolves 2-3 Brighton
- Goals: Guedes 12′, Neves pen 35′ | Lallana 10′, Mitoma 44′, Gross 83′
- Red card: Semedo
Wolves’ new manager Julen Lopetegui would have been an interested spectator as he watched his future team and Brighton trade goals in a surprisingly entertaining first-half at Molineux.
Adam Lallana scored only his second Premier League goal in 64 Premier League appearances for Brighton to put them in front, but the home side levelled just two minutes later when summer signing Goncalo Guedes netted for the first time in the competition.
Wolves went in front when Ruben Neves converted a penalty but Brighton fought back to equalise before the break thanks to Kaoru Mitoma’s first Premier League goal. The Japanese winger was involved in the game’s next big moment too when he was fouled by Nelson Semedo as he raced through on goal with the full-back receiving a red card for his troubles.
Roberto De Zerbi’s side made their man advantage count when Pascal Gross scored the winner seven minutes from time.
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