Premier League: Manchester United overthrow Nottingham Forest, Arsenal held in check by Fulham

On behalf of the third day of the Premier League, four matches were on the program this Saturday afternoon with two Big Four clubs, Arsenal and Manchester United. The Gunners, winners of their first two matches, hosted Fulham and the Red Devils, beaten by Tottenham last week (2-0), hosted Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford. For its part, Crystal Palace moved on the lawn of Brentford while Wolverhampton faced Everton at Goodison Park.

We begin this tour of England at the Emirates Stadium with the dolphin of Manchester City last year, who conceded the opener signed Andreas Pereira following a poor recovery from Bukayo Saka and a hazardous exit from Aaron Ramsdale (1-0, 2nd). Despite dominating, Mikel Arteta’s men couldn’t find the net until the second half, when Bukayo Saka from the penalty spot (70th) and Eddie Nketiah (73rd) reversed the situation.

United overthrow the Reds

And in this London derby, the AFC believed to hold its third success in as many meetings with its numerical superiority following a red scooped by Calvin Bassey after two warnings (83rd). Nevertheless, the Cottagers would snatch the point from a draw thanks to Joao Palhinha (2-2, 87th), despite the nine minutes of additional time. End of series for the foals of Mikel Arteta. In Manchester, Forest scored two goals in four minutes through Taiwo Awoniyi (0-1, 2nd) and Wilfried Boly (0-2, 4th).

After the first quarter of an hour, Christian Eriksen perfectly took over the center of Marcus Rashford (1-2, 17th), before seeing Bruno Fernandes serve Casemiro from a free kick and finally put the two teams equal (2-2, 52nd) . The other red of this multiplex was inflicted on Joe Worrall (67th), after a foul on the Portuguese attacking midfielder, scorer from the penalty spot (3-2, 76th). Enough to restore confidence to the men of Erik ten Hag with this second success, against the Reds defeated for the second time in the league.