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Arsenal held by 10-man Chelsea in feisty draw after Moisés Caicedo gets VAR red

Arsenal would surely have taken a draw beforehand, against a Chelsea team that have emerged as surprise title rivals in recent weeks – and especially when they realised they had to play without William Saliba, who injured himself in training on Saturday.

It was a different story when, in the 38th minute, Chelsea were reduced to 10 men after Moisés Caicedo’s X-rated challenge on Mikel Merino. It was one of those that made you wince upon each replay, the stand-in Arsenal striker fortunate to emerge unscathed.

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European football: ‘Utterly outrageous’ fireworks cause Ajax abandonment

  • Pyrotechnics in stands cause referee to call halt

  • Real Madrid’s Mbappé levels in 1-1 draw at Girona

Ajax have strongly criticised an “utterly outrageous” firework display that caused their Eredivisie match against Groningen at the Johan Cruyff Arena to be abandoned.

Referee Bas Nijhuis took the players off the field within five minutes of the start after fireworks and flares were ignited behind one of the goals, and the stadium filled with smoke.

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West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool : Premier League – as it happened

Alexander Isak broke his Premier League duck as the fallen champions got back on track

Andy Flintoff gets in touch: “Looking at that Liverpool line-up, the two players with squad numbers >11 could so easily be switched with Endo & Salah with not a lot of positional changes required, which would leave it with a very retro looking 1-11.”

Arne Slot has been explaining his team selection to Sky Sports.

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Mount’s sweet strike completes Manchester United’s comeback win at Crystal Palace

Just when Ruben Amorim must have thought his luck would never turn, Manchester United managed to inflict Crystal Palace’s first home defeat in the Premier League since February and end their own five-year wait for a victory at this ground after a first half when their opponents should have been out of sight.

Oliver Glasner’s side had been rampant and deservedly took the lead through Jean-Philippe Mateta’s retaken penalty but they could not make their dominance count. Having failed to score in four previous league meetings that included three defeats, like the proverbial London buses United struck back twice in nine minutes through Joshua Zirkzee – his first goal in the Premier League for almost a year – and Mason Mount to snatch the points.

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Tadeo Allende hat-trick powers Messi and Inter Miami into MLS Cup final

  • Inter Miami ran away from NYC FC in 5-1 win

  • Miami will host MLS Cup against San Diego or Vancouver

Lionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren’t ready to begin their retirements, either.

Tadeo Allande scored three goals – Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two – and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern Conference title and a berth in the MLS Cup final.

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Tottenham 1-2 Fulham: Premier League – as it happened

Fulham started fast, helped by a howler from Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario and a mutinous atmosphere among the home support, as the pressure on Thomas Frank intensified

55 seconds: No.

Fulham kick off. Earlier today, Phil Foden scored the fastest goal of the season after 59 seconds for Manchester City against Leeds … only for Newcastle’s Malick Thiaw to beat that mark by four seconds against Everton a couple of hours later. Something’s clearly in the air today, so can anyone better that here?

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Everton 1-4 Newcastle: Premier League – as it happened

Malick Thiaw scored twice as Newcastle ended their run of away defeats with a crushing victory

A wicked inswinging corner from Lewis Miley is headed in from three yards by Malick Thiaw. It was a good header, steered decisively wide of Pickford, but the delivery from Miley was outstanding.

19 secs: Pickford denies Elanga! An early chance for newcastle. Woltemade sturns Keane expertly in the centre circle and slides a simple pass that allows Elanga to stretch his legs. He’s too quick for O’Brien and slides a slightly tame low shot that is pushed round the post by Pickford. No matter, because from the corner…

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Foden grabs win for Manchester City but Donnarumma riles Leeds’ Farke

When Phil Foden struck the winner in the second minute of added time Pep Guardiola’s leap was laced with relief at Manchester City’s pursuit of Arsenal still being live. They are back up to second, four points behind the Gunners, who travel to Chelsea on Sunday. This was Leeds’s fourth straight league reverse but the fight shown augurs well for Daniel Farke’s job security.

City had spurned a two-goal interval advantage after Dominic Calvert-Lewin, a half-time substitute, terrorised the hosts. The 28-year-old scored in the 49th minute, then claimed the penalty that led to Lukas Nmecha’s 68th-minute equaliser, rattling Josko Gvardiol enough for him to scythe the striker down.

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Manchester City 3-2 Leeds, Sunderland 3-2 Bournemouth, and more – Premier League live

Manchester City, Brentford and Sunderland all win, while Championship leaders Coventry City come from behind to record another victory

Manchester City v Leeds United: A lovely dank Mancunian afternoon with a low cloud and the whispers of bygone Manchester City matchdays in the east of town as Pep Guardiola sends out an XI in an hour or so that will not certainly show the same 10 changes as the dire Bayer Leverkusen defeat on Tuesday here at the Etihad Stadium.

Expect many of the manager’s big guns to be reinstated and intent on downing Leeds and arresting the two-game run of losses. Think Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku etc, and so on …

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Championship roundup: Coventry storm on; brawl mars Hull win at Stoke

  • Coventry stay 10 points clear with win over Charlton

  • Gelhardt’s Hull winner sparks mass confrontation

Coventry maintained their 10-point lead at the top of the Championship with a 3-1 victory over Charlton. Harvey Knibbs put the visitors ahead before Josh Eccles and Ellis Simms completed a first-half turnaround for the hosts. Simms added his second with 15 minutes to go to make it five goals in three games.

“I’m really pleased,” said their manager, Frank Lampard. “Tough match to go 1-0 down, from a set-piece, the first threat that they had. But I thought the attitude of the players to keep playing in the first half was good, they moved the ball well. We’re a positive team, we try to create chances, we try to play with speed and with a good pre-season the players understand what we want to be, how we want to train and we’ve managed to score a lot of goals.”

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