Premier League matchday 10: Arsenal five clear as City lose at Forest, United draw 4–4 with Villa

Arsenal beat Hull City 1–0 through Martin Ødegaard and, with Manchester City beaten 3–1 at Nottingham Forest later the same day, go into the international break five points clear of Brighton, who beat ten-man Brentford 2–0 on Sunday. City, third, have lost three league matches in a row. Liverpool won 3–1 at Crystal Palace, who are now bottom, and Sunderland beat Chelsea 1–0 to climb off it. On Sunday evening Manchester United came from two goals down twice, scoring twice in stoppage time, to draw 4–4 with Aston Villa. Matchday 10 brought 30 goals in ten matches: six home wins, two away wins and two draws.

Friday and Saturday

Everton 3–1 Coventry turned in nine minutes after the break. Yann Gboho put Coventry ahead on 52, and Thierno Barry equalised on 56 from Vitaliy Mykolenko's pass and scored again on 61. Barry then set up Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for the third on 81. Everton had seven shots on target to Coventry's four.

Leeds 1–0 Tottenham was won by Noah Okafor on 79. Tottenham had 61 per cent of the ball; Leeds had 16 shots, four on target, and an xG of 2.05 to 0.80.

Arsenal 1–0 Hull City was decided on 72, when Ødegaard scored. Arsenal had 67 per cent of the ball and 21 shots, ten on target; Hull had two on target. Sky Sports reports that Ødegaard reacted first after Konstantinos Tzolakis saved from Noni Madueke, that it was Arsenal's seventh clean sheet in ten league matches, and that they have won their last ten home matches in all competitions.

Fulham 1–1 Newcastle came alive in the last ten minutes. Jacob Murphy put Newcastle ahead on 80 and Rodrigo Muniz equalised for Fulham on 83. Each side had five shots on target.

Nottingham Forest 3–1 Manchester City was won with 22 per cent of the ball. Jair Cunha scored on 6 and Liam Delap on 18 from Xaver Schlager's pass; Rayan Cherki pulled one back for City on 52, and Delap, from Morgan Gibbs-White's pass, made it 3–1 on 73. City had 78 per cent of possession but four shots on target to Forest's five. According to Sky Sports, City are the first top-flight side in 122 years to win their first seven and lose the next three, and Forest had gone almost six months without a home goal. Enzo Maresca said "the first half was not good enough"; Oliver Glasner warned that "one swallow does not make a summer".

Sunday

Brighton 2–0 Brentford was 1–0 when Brentford went down to ten: Diego Gómez scored on 15 and Igor Thiago was sent off on 23. Pascal Groß converted a penalty on 42. Brighton had 75 per cent of the ball and 20 shots; Brentford had none on target.

Crystal Palace 1–3 Liverpool was 2–0 to Liverpool by 54. Alexis Mac Allister scored on 40 from Dominik Szoboszlai's pass and Florian Wirtz on 54 from Bradley Barcola's, and Alexander Isak, from Wirtz's pass, made it three on 89. Eddie Nketiah converted a penalty for Palace on 90+5. Palace had 19 shots, seven on target. Sky Sports reports that it was Palace's fourth straight league defeat and that Pierre Sage is in a perilous position; Sage said "we don't have the results expected". Sky adds that Palace's 24 goals conceded are their most after ten matches of a league season since 1980-81.

Ipswich 1–2 Bournemouth was 2–0 to Bournemouth a minute into the second half: Francisco Evanilson scored on 5 and Leif Davis turned the ball into his own net on 46. Jack Clarke converted a penalty for Ipswich on 73.

Sunderland 1–0 Chelsea was settled by Enzo Le Fée's penalty on 36. Sky Sports reports that Brian Brobbey won it against Levi Colwill, and that the result cost Chelsea their place in the top four. Chelsea had 69 per cent of the ball and four shots on target; Sunderland had two, and an xG of 2.58. Régis Le Bris said that "today, the connection was perfect".

Manchester United 4–4 Aston Villa was 2–0 to Villa after four minutes: Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha scored on 1 from John McGinn's pass and Nicolas Jackson on 4. Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty on 16 and Youri Tielemans, from Noussair Mazraoui's pass, levelled on 44. McGinn's penalty on 48 and Leon Goretzka's goal on 53, from Jackson's pass, put Villa two up again, but Joshua Zirkzee, from Patrick Dorgu's pass, scored on 90+2 and Dorgu, from Fernandes's, on 90+6. United had 26 shots, nine on target, and an xG of 3.49. Sky Sports writes that Dorgu headed in after Zion Suzuki flapped at a corner, that United have not won a league match since August, and that two down after four minutes is the earliest they have trailed by two in a Premier League match. Michael Carrick said his side "had most of the pressure".

The table after matchday 10

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	10	9	0	1	+10	27
2	Brighton	10	7	1	2	+19	22
3	Manchester City	10	7	0	3	+8	21
4	Liverpool	10	5	3	2	+4	18
5	Chelsea	10	5	1	4	+3	16
6	Everton	10	4	4	2	+2	16
7	Bournemouth	10	4	3	3	+2	15
8	Brentford	10	3	5	2	+5	14
9	Leeds	10	3	5	2	+2	14
10	Aston Villa	10	3	4	3	−3	13
…
15	Fulham	10	2	4	4	−2	10
16	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	5	−4	9
17	Coventry	10	3	0	7	−9	9
18	Manchester United	10	1	5	4	−5	8
19	Sunderland	10	2	2	6	−9	8
20	Crystal Palace	10	2	1	7	−14	7

Arsenal lead on 27, five points ahead of Brighton and six ahead of City, with Liverpool, up from fifth to fourth, nine behind. The points race shows City top on 21 after seven matchdays, three points ahead of Arsenal, and without a point since, while Arsenal have won five in a row and Brighton have taken 18 points from the last seven. At the bottom, Palace are a point behind United and Sunderland, and Forest climbed out of the bottom three on goal difference ahead of Coventry.

Numbers to know

• 30 goals in ten matches, eight of them at Old Trafford.
• Arsenal have conceded five goals in ten matches, the fewest; Brighton have scored 26, the most.
• Erling Haaland leads the scorers with nine, ahead of Alexander Isak on seven; Thierno Barry's two take him to six.
• Six penalties were scored: by Groß, Nketiah, Clarke, Le Fée, Fernandes and McGinn.
• Forest won with 22 per cent of the ball, Sunderland with 31.

Next up

After the international break, matchday 11 opens on Saturday 21 November with Manchester City v Fulham at 12:30 UTC; Aston Villa v Sunderland, Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest, Chelsea v Leeds, Coventry v Crystal Palace and Tottenham v Ipswich kick off at 15:00 UTC, and Newcastle v Arsenal at 17:30 UTC. On Sunday 22 November, Hull City v Brighton is at 14:00 UTC and Liverpool v Manchester United at 16:30 UTC, and Brentford v Everton closes the round on Monday 23 November at 20:00 UTC. The full round is on the Premier League page.

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