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(Reuters) – Early leaders Everton maintained their perfect start to the season with a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace, while a penalty in the 10th minute of injury time gave Manchester United a 3-1 win. 2 at Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. .
Chelsea rallied 3-0 at halftime to win a 3-3 draw at West Bromwich Albion, while Danny Ings took the winner when Southampton claimed their first win of the season at difficult Burnley.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton achieved three wins out of three, winning on a penalty at Selhurst Park that infuriated Palace manager Roy Hodgson after the match.
The Merseysiders took the lead in the 10th minute when a smart first pass from Colombian James Rodriguez found Seamus Coleman, who set Dominic Calvert-Lewin up to score for the third straight league game.
However, Palace tied easily with Cheikhou Kouyate heading into a corner from Andros Townsend at the back post.
But five minutes before the break, referee Kevin Friend awarded a penalty, a sentence that Joel Ward had handled.
Lucas Digne had headed the ball to the Palace defender who appeared to be trying to get his arm out of the way but, after being advised to check the pitch monitor, Friend signaled the spot and Richarlison drove the penalty.
Hodgson was scathing with the decision and with the new interpretation of handball in general.
“I think the rule is silly. I can’t understand how everyone in football (the Premier League, referees, coaches and coaches) has allowed this rule to go into effect. It is ruining football, not a question of that.” said the former England coach.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United needed a Bruno Fernandes penalty in the 100th minute of the match to regain the three points from the south coast.
The Fernandes winner, which came after referee Chris Kavanagh had initially flown full time, concluded a match in which Brighton struck the wood five times and a penalty was disallowed after a VAR review, while United had a goal disallowed at each half for offside
Brighton’s Neal Maupay conceded the decisive one-handed penalty while attempting to block a late header from United captain Harry Maguire, which prompted a VAR review after Kavanagh had signaled the end of the match.
Kavanagh finally gave the penalty after consulting the field’s VAR monitor and Fernandes lunged into the net from the point, moments after Solly March tied for Brighton in the fifth minute of overtime.
Brighton took a well-deserved lead when Maupay coolly scored a penalty in the 40th minute after a Fernandes foul, but the visitors soon leveled with an own goal from Brighton defender Lewis Dunk.
A brilliant solo shot from Marcus Rashford had given United the lead in the 55th minute.
Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham scored the tying goal in the 93rd minute for Frank Lampard’s side after a shocking performance in the first half left them behind by three goals.
An error by Marcos Alonso led Callum Robinson to open the scoring for West Brom in the fourth minute and the Irish forward doubled when new Chelsea signing Thiago Silva, who was presented with the captain’s armband, was neglected. in possession.
Kyle Bartley was left unmarked to add a third in the 27th minute with a close-range shot to send Chelsea on three points at halftime, but Mason Mount threw the Blues a lifeline with a goal 10 minutes into the second half.
Callum Hudson-Odoi made it 3-2 in the 70th minute, but it took Chelsea until injury time to find an equalizer when Abraham pounced on a loose ball in the box and finished it off.
Former Burnley forward Ings continued his prolific scorer for the Saints, having now scored 25 of his 54 goals since the beginning of last season, when he scored in the fifth minute at Turf Moor.
Kyle Walker-Peters made an excellent pass to Che Adams and, with Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope coming off his line, the forward squared the ball to Ings, who made it a target.
(Reporting by Simon Evans; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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