Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Joe Worrall has been immense for Nottingham Forest this afternoon and stops another Chelsea attack in its tracks.
‘Controversial goal before half time was undoing of Fulham’
Man City 4-1 Fulham
Glenn Murray
Former Brighton striker on Final Score
Fulham were difficult to break down for a long time this afternoon.
City went ahead and they hit straight back, but the goal before half time was the real sticking point.
A ridiculous decision from the VAR and Michael Oliver has gotten the flack for it from Marco Silva.
SUBSTITUTION
Man City 4-1 Fulham
Bernardo Silva and Sergio Gomez get some minutes for City. Jeremy Doku is one of those who departs, having worked hard on his debut.
GOAL – Man City 4-1 Fulham
Erling Haaland
Game over!
Erling Haaland makes no mistake, smacking the ball into the top corner and Bernd Leno goes the wrong way.
City are going back top of the table.
PENALTY TO MAN CITY
Man City 3-1 Fulham
Julian Alvarez is found behind the Fulham defence and just as he is about to shoot he is taken down by Issa Diop.
The ref takes a look and then points to the spot.
GOAL- Brentford 1-2 Bournemouth
David Brooks
SUBSTITUTION
Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest respond by sending on Chris Wood for Taiwo Awoniyi. One battering ram replacing another.
GOAL – Burnley 1-4 Tottenham
Son Heung-min (Tottenham)
Two for Son, four for Tottenham.
GOAL – Man City 3-1 Fulham
Erling Haaland
Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth
Couple of Bournemouth efforts of note within a few moments as Antoine Semenyo and Philip Billing go close.
YELLOW CARD
Man City 2-1 Fulham
Bobby De Cordova-Reid shakes his head in disgust. He’s just been booked for something he has said in earshot of the official.
Fulham feeling very hard done by.
Talking about shooting yourself in the foot Burnley, you cannot leave a player of James Maddison quality and class 20-yards out with a free shot at goal.
There was going to be one outcome, it is a wonderful finish.
GOAL – Burnley 1-3 Tottenham
Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Big appeals for a Chelsea penalty as Moises Caicedo sees his shot blocked by Forest captain Joe Worrall. Nothing doing though.
CLOSE!
Burnley 1-2 Tottenham
Josh Brownhill nearly makes an impact as a sub, curling at goal from 25 yards after another fearless run from Luca Koleosho, taking on and skipping past a few Spurs players.
Brownhill’s effort is just over the top, but Burnley are still well in this game.
GOAL – Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Anthony Elanga
Like a hot knife through butter. Chelsea lose the ball deep in their own half and Taiwo Awoniyi slips a pass through the legs of Thiago Silva to feed Anthony Elanga.
The former Manchester United man has very little to do and slots his effort into the bottom right corner.
The away fans are going wild.
GOAL – Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Anthony Elanga
Burnley 1-2 Tottenham
No changes at the break. Tottenham heading for 10 points from a possible 12 in the post-Kane era as it stands.
KICK-OFF
Well, we had a fair bit of entertainment in those first halves.
We ended with a bit of controversy too, courtesy of the game at the Etihad.
What does the next 45 minutes have in store?
HT: Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth
Bet this feels like a trip down memory lane for the home fans as Neal Maupay is paraded on the pitch at the Gtech Community Stadium.
The French forward re-signed for his former club on loan for the 2023-24 season from Everton, with the Bees having the option of making the transfer permanent.
Maupay scored 37 goals in 85 league games in his first stint with the club.
Chelsea have dominated possession, ball speed is good, final third entries are there but they’ve not many shots to show for it.
They haven’t tested the Forest keeper enough. A lot of possession but not enough attempts on target and haven’t done enough to hurt Forest yet.
As the header from Ake goes past Akanji, his leg flicks out, as if he is trying to kick it.
The keeper hasn’t got the chance to comprehend how to change his movment if Akanji does get that touch, so for me that is interfering with play.
That is offside for me.
It is hardly a revelation to confirm Marco Silva was arguing with anyone prepared to listen over that incident.
Fourth official Michael Salisbury copped most of the Portuguese’s anger.
Silva has already served one touchline ban after being booked three times in the opening three games. Now he has talked himself into another.
HALF-TIME
Man City 2-1 Fulham
YELLOW CARD
Man City 2-1 Fulham
Silva is going to be fuming at the end here.
He had plenty to say last week about an Arsenal goal that stood despite what he felt was a foul on Calvin Bassey.
Now, he’s waving his arms and shouting about another perceived injustice. It earns him a booking.
Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth
Very much a case of honours even.
HALF-TIME
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
The visitors will be happy with their efforts in the first period. Chelsea really need to step things up after the break.
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Enzo Fernandez, finally gets an effort on target for the hosts but it’s nowt to trouble Forest keeper Matt Turner.
Man City 2-1 Fulham
The goal stands!
This is controversial. You can see the argument to suggest Akanji may be interfering in play.
It looks like Fulham are arguing the defender actually touched the ball, in which case he is offside and active.
Marco Silva is going mad.
Video Assistant Referee
Man City 2-1 Fulham
Nathan Ake heads the goal from a corner, but VAR are involved because Manuel Akanji is offside as he steps over the ball.
The question is whether the defender is blocking the keeper’s view and influencing play?
GOAL – Man City 2-1 Fulham
Nathan Ake
City retake the lead with seconds left of the half… or do they?
VAR are taking a look at this.
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Chelsea have not had a shot on target so far in this game.
GOAL – Burnley 1-2 Tottenham
Cristian Romero (Tottenham)
Man City 1-1 Fulham
Phil Foden whips in the City free-kick and Kenny Tete heads clear before dropping to the turf. The ref is obliged to stop the game here, much to the frustration of the home fans.
Fulham are getting under their skin.
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Chelsea defender Axel Disasi finds out that Taiwo Awoniyi isn’t a man to tangle with as the Nigerian levers him off the ball.
It’s a foul but can’t imagine the former Monaco man will try to nip in front of the Forest forward like that again.
YELLOW CARD
Man City 1-1 Fulham
Make that two yellows now.
Issa Diop blocks Jeremy Doku as he tries to beat him just outside the box on the left. Card out.
YELLOW CARD
Man City 1-1 Fulham
Tim Ream is having a fine game. Not only did he bag the equaliser, he’s also picking the perfect spots to be to halt City on the charge.
Rodri gets the first booking of the game for a foul on Luke Harris. First little sign of frustration from the home side.
YELLOW CARD
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Tottenham Dejan Kulusevski gets a booking for a pull-back on the dangerous-looking Luca Koleosho, a really tricky, skilful 18-year-old winger, who is eligible for the United States, Italy and Canada and really impressing here.
YELLOW CARD
Man City 1-1 Fulham
Make that two yellows now.
Issa Diop blocks Jeremy Doku as he tries to beat him just outside the box on the left. Card out.
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
A superb run from Conor Gallagher sees him play in Nicolas Jackson but the Chelsea forward is pushed wide and Joe Worrall comes across to block his shot for Forest.
Man City 1-1 Fulham
Might have gone a bit early there, Steve. Fulham are doing OK here
Zahi: I know a massive Forest fan who moved to Australia recently. Sadly for him, he seems to be closer to Chelsea’s goal than his team today
DT: I think we’ve gone from the Harry Kane team to the James Maddison one. Not a lot happening without him.
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
The home side have had a lot of the play here, almost 80% over the last 15 minutes in fact, without really doing that much with it.
Enzo Fernandez, looks to change all that mind but curls just over from the edge of the Nottingham Forest box on his ;left peg.
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Tottenham’s Pedro Porro pulls a shot wide from the edge of the penalty area, when the slide-through to Son Heung-min was the option. Son knew it, Ange Postecoglou knew it and Porro probably knew it too.
We were about to experience a rare opening half hour of football involving Manchester City where neither side had a shot – then suddenly we have two goals.
City’s attacking was lethal for Julian Alvarez’s tap-in but then they have just fallen asleep at the back.
Ederson claimed for offside when Tim Ream turned home the rebound from the Brazilian’s save at the far post but the American was well on.
No-one tracked his run.
What a bizarre couple of minutes.
Beautiful. It lands almost on the line, and Tim Ream is there to tap it home.
He wheeled away like it was a 25 yard screamer! But he’s got his goal at the Etihad and Fulham have hit back instantly.
GREAT SAVE!
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Tottenham’s James Maddison plays a give-and-go with Pape Matar Sarr and curls at goal from just inside the penalty area.
But the England man is denied by an excellent save by James Trafford, at full stretch diving to his left to get both hands to the strike to push the ball away.
Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth
Mathias Jensen curls in a lovely ball for Brentford but Ethan Pinnock, who looks like he may have been offside anyway heads over when unmarked.
GOAL – Man City 1-1 Fulham
Tim Ream
OH WOW!
GOAL – Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth
Dominic Solanke
GOAL – Man City 1-0 Fulham
Julian Alvarez
YELLOW CARD
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Such a silly yellow card for Tottenham midfielder Pape Matar Sarr for chucking the ball away as Burnley prepared to take a free-kick in a completely tame area of the pitch.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Phil Foden again!
He’s in the mood now.
He gathers on the right and slaloms past defenders but his pull back in the box is met by a Fulham player and cleared.
Chelsea 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Decent chance for the visitors to whip the ball into the Chelsea penalty area after Thiago Silva wrestles Taiwo Awoniyi to the ground.
The hosts struggle to clear that and the ball pings around their penalty area before Awoniyi blazes an effort over. Pretty decent chance that.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Phil Foden comes into the game and something happens. It’s no coincidence.
The ball is floated to the far stick for the England forward to volley a neat ball between the Fulham keeper and defence. Erling Haaland is in there but doesn’t anticipate it.
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Burnley’s Lyle Foster, with only Guglielmo Vicario to beat, prods an effort goalwards, but it is saved by the legs of the Spurs keeper. Foster looked miles offside, and he was, with the assistant taking an age to raise the flag.
HITS THE WOODWORK
Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth
Almost a second goal for the hosts. Kevin Schade holds off a defender and runs through on goal and sees his shot clip off Bournemouth keeper Neto and come back off the post.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Harry Wilson darts forward and goes down near the edge of the City box. He appeals to the ref as play continues. Looks adamant he’s been fouled. The on-field official says no, and he’s backed up by the VAR team.
Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth
What is Dominic Solanke doing?
Bournemouth’s Scottish midfielder Ryan Christie slaloms through the home defence and is about to pull the trigger until his teammate flicks the ball off his toes straight at home keeper Mark Flekken.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Fulham win a second corner, but as with the first they can’t beat Rodri at the near post.
Antonee Robinson looks to be a big outlet for the Cottagers. Twice now he’s got forward down the left to good effect.
CLOSE!
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Another chance for Burnley. Sander Berge slides a square pass to Zeki Amdouni, who tries his luck from 25 yards out. Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal is worried, but then relieved to see Amdouni pull his shot wide of the left upright.
That is the difference between playing Premier League and Championship.
Burnley played very expansive football last season but at the expense of leaving their defenders two versus two at the back.
It is a beautiful finish from Son, top class.
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
It’s a very good game this one. Luca Koleosho, who made Burnley’s goal, has a chance to put his side back in front but can only skew a header wide when free in the penalty area.
SUBSTITUTION
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Tom Cairney’s afternoon is over. He applauds the away fans and limps off to be replaced by Luke Harris for a first Premier League appearance. He’s from Jersey and the first player to appear in England’s top flight from the island since Graeme Le Saux.
No Joao Palhinha today for Fulham and now no Cairney. A blow.
Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth
Apparently there was a problem with referee Bobby Madley’s watch, so the fourth official Robert Jones awarded that Brentford goal.
The Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto thought he’d got away with some poor positioning for a few moments.
GOAL – Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Burnley 1-0 Tottenham
Manor Solomon tries to strike at goal for Tottenham, but the route to net is a crowded one and Sander Berge gets the vital block in.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Jeremy Doku is going to be a bag of tricks, isn’t he?!
He almost gets away from a marker with a twirl on the ball before Fulham recover to clear.
Everton boss Sean Dyche speaking to Match of the Day:“Whether we deserve a point or not is irrelevant, the fact is that it is a point. Two goals on the road so I am happy with that. It is just the basics soemtimes which are tripping us up, because I felt a lot of the performance was right again.
“Getting into the final third and then finding the key pass and making the right decision, which sometimes we didn’t always get right. Transition was good.
“First half in particular, we were one nil up and then we let them back into the game out of almost nothing. We had a good handle of the game and then they score one and then they get the second, and you are left scratching your head. Two basic principles of the way we play and we get them wrong.
On getting goals for the first time this season: “The chance count has been getting better game by game and was decent again today. We got into some really good areas, and we keep looking a threat but you have to score.
Today we got two goals which is important, to get that lift off and feeling for it. Beto made a difference, worked so hard and so did Arni [Danjuma]. There are positive signs there but we have to make sure we take care of things but today I feel like it is one that got away, we had enough in the game to win.”
I am so used to watching matches in this stadium where Pep Guardiola’s is a virtual ever-present presence on the edge of his technical area, waving his arms around and pointing to his players.
Stand-in Juanma Lillo is taking the opposite approach so far.
He is sat on the bench letting the City players get on with it.
Marco Silva is prowling though, as always.
GOAL – Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth
Burnley 1-0 Tottenham
Burnley have only scored three Premier League goals this season and Lyle Foster has two of them, also getting on the scoresheet in the 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa
Brentford 0-0 Bournemouth
Bournemouth goalie Neto is in a spot of bother after failing too claim a cross and then kicking bringing down Yoane Wissa. No booking but a dangerous free-kick for the hosts.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
City get their first proper sight of the Fulham box. Phil Foden’s cross is too heavy but Jeremy Doku recovers the ball and wins a corner.
It is taken short, but comes to nothing with Fulham able to clear. For now.
Brentford 0-0 Bournemouth
A few nice shots of Bournemouth’s new winger Luis Sinisterra sat in the stands today. The Colombia international is on a season-long loan from Leeds, with an option to buy.
Man City 0-0 Fulham
Fulham can’t just sit back here. They’ve already shown a willingness to press high up, with Kyle Walker having to twist one way and the next before he can clear.
Burnley 0-0 Tottenham
Having lost both of their first two Premier League games of this season, Burnley could lose their opening three matches of a top-flight campaign for only a fourth time, after 1920-21, 1927-28 (first five), and 2020-21.
GOAL – Burnley 1-0 Tottenham
Lyle Foster
GOAL – Burnley 1-0 Tottenham
Lyle Foster
Burnley get the opener at Turf Moor and a lovely goal it is too. They win possession in their right-back area and spring a counter attack down the opposite flank.
Luca Koleosho shows great pace down the left wing and pulls it back where Lyle Foster is waiting to stroke home the calm first-time finish.
