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Jonathan Cook’s World Game Wrap-Up

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Leeds make most of Mendy error

Leeds United earned their first win over Chelsea in 20 years with a sensational 3-0 victory at Elland Road.

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was quick to play the blame game after a blunder by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy had handed Leeds the initiative, but the home side were deserved winners.

Mendy was squarely to blame when he was caught out by Brenden Aaronson, who walked the ball into an empty net. But with only 33 minutes on the clock there was plenty of time for a Chelsea recovery.

Leeds, though, had other ideas and Jesse Marsch’s men were rewarded for their endeavour with a second goal from the impressive Rodrigo.

Jack Harrison completed Leeds’ first win over Chelsea since December 2002 with the third goal in the 69th minute.

Chelsea’s woes were compounded when Kalidou Koulibaly was sent off late in the game.

Improved Newcastle sting City

The giant strides Newcastle United have made under Eddie Howe were underlined in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Manchester City at St james’ Park.

In fact, it was more like two points lost for the home side after a 3-1 lead was wiped out by goals from Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva.

Less than four months ago, Newcastle lost 5-0 to City in a match that emphasised the gulf between champions and wannabes. How quickly the mood has changed.

Trailing after just five minutes to Ilkay Gundogan’s goal, Newcastle fired back through Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier’s stunning free-kick.

Gunners best start since 2004

Two goals from Martin Odegaard and a wonder strike from defender William Saliba eased Arsenal into rare territory.

The 3-0 win over Bournemouth extended their winning start to the season to three matches – a feat they have not achieved since 2004.

Arsenal look transformed under Mikel Arteta this season, although it looks like being a long season for Bournemouth, who have conceded seven goals in two games (against Arsenal and Manchester City) after starting with a win over Aston Villa.

Kane sets Spurs standard

Harry Kane scored his 250th goal for Tottenham Hotspur and set a new Premier League standard for a single club.

Kane’s header in a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers was his 185th Premier League goal for Tottenham, which is more than any other player has scored for just one club in the competition’s history.

The Spurs’ striker edged ahead of Sergio Aguero’s 184 Premier League goals for Manchester City and is now fourth on the all-time leading goal scorers list behind Andy Cole (187), Wayne Rooney (208) and Alan Shearer (260).

Kane’s latest goal extended to three game’s Tottenham’s unbeaten start to the season.

Old school just the trick

Jordan Pickford and Demarai Gray did their best impression of old school football with a goal from the archives against Nottingham Forest.

Everton looked to be going home empty handed as they trailed to Brennan Johnson’s goal with just minutes to play.

And after trying in vain to pass their way through Forest’s resistance, the Toffees turned to route one football to earn their equaliser.

Goalkeeper Pickford launched the ball forward to Gray, who took three touches and slid the ball home to earn a point.

Adams gets Saints marching

Substitute Che Adams gave Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl plenty to think about after a sensational second-half impact against Leicester City.

Adams, who was introduced on the hour, went within a whisker of earning a hat-trick as the Saints came back from a goal down to snatch a 2-1 win.

Adams scored twice off the bench and almost had a third when he rattled a post as Southampton increased the pressure on Leicester.

Things could get worse for the Foxes, who have just a point from their three games, with Wesley Fofana on the brink of a move to Chelsea and Youri Tielemans linked to a move to Arsenal or Manchester United.

Zaha double pains Villa

Wilfried Zaha had his shooting boots on as Crystal Palace came from behind to earn a first win of the season.

After an opening day loss to Arsenal and 1-1 draw against Liverpool, Palace were in danger of dropping more points against Aston Villa when Ollie Watkins fired them into an early lead.

But any concerns manager Patrick Vieira might have had were settled just two minutes later when Zaha scored the first of his double and Jean-Philippe Mateta completed the scoring.

Eberechi Eze also caught the eye for Palace with an exceptional midfield performance.

Mitrovic makes most of 90

Fulham made maximum use of the full 90 minutes to clinch a rollercoaster 3-2 victory over Brentford.

A goal in the first minute from Bobby Decordova-Reid was followed by Joao Palhinha’s header to give Fulham a comfortable lead.

But they were forced to fight to the end after Christian Norgaard scored and then Ivan Toney equalised for the visitors.

With 90 minutes on the clock, Aleksandar Mitrovic powered home a last-gasp winner to earn Fulham their first victory of the season.

Dortmund done in 6 mins

Werder Bremen scored three times in the final six minutes to snatch an incredible win over Borussia Dortmund in Germany’s Bundesliga.

Last season’s runners up to Bayern Munich looked to be cruising towards victory with a 2-0 lead via goals from Julian Brandt and Raphael Guerreiro. Even when Lee Buchanan scored with a minute to play it looked like being no more than a consolation.

But stoppage time goals from Oliver Burke and Niklas Schmidt stunned the home fans and earned Werder their first win of the season.

Champions drop points

Italian champions AC Milan’s Serie A title defence hit an early bump in the road when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Atalanta.

Ruslan Malinovsky put the home side in front and Ismael Bennacer scored a second-half equaliser to spare Milan’s blushes.

Napoli are top after their 4-0 win over newly promoted Monza, while Inter Milan continued their winning start to the season with a 3-0 victory over Spezia.




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