BOURNEMOUTH, England – Arsenal opened a Premier League marketing campaign with three successive wins for the primary time in 18 years after Martin Odegaard’s brace fired them to a cultured 3-0 win at Bournemouth on Saturday.
North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur had earlier moved high as Harry Kane’s 250th objective for the membership sealed a gritty 1-0 dwelling win towards Wolverhampton Wanderers.
However Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, with the identical beginning eleven for the third successive match, have been far too good for newly-promoted Bournemouth on the south coast and so they may have received by extra.
Fulham maintained their spectacular begin to the marketing campaign as they beat Brentford 3-2 in an thrilling west London derby to maneuver into fourth place within the standings — Aleksandar Mitrovic scoring the winner after Brentford had recovered a two-goal deficit.
Everton picked up their first level of the season because of a late equaliser by Demarai Grey in a 1-1 dwelling draw with Nottingham Forest who had led by way of Brennan Johnson.
Wilfried Zaha scored twice as Crystal Palace recovered from conceding an early objective to beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Selhurst Park for his or her first win of the season.
Leicester Metropolis’s dismal begin continued, nonetheless, as they slumped to a 2-1 dwelling defeat by Southampton.
James Maddison gave Leicester the lead with a 54th minute free kick however the guests snatched victory with substitute Che Adams scoring twice on the King Energy Stadium.
A 12 months in the past, Arsenal supervisor Arteta was coming beneath intense strain after his facet misplaced their opening three video games with out scoring a objective.
They recovered to problem for a top-four end, finally coming fifth behind Tottenham, however some spectacular summer season enterprise has reworked the Gunners right into a facet that appears able to difficult for silverware.
Gabriel Jesus, signed from Manchester Metropolis was chic once more and unfortunate to not get on the scoresheet whereas Oleksandr Zinchenko, additionally signed from Metropolis, has additionally been an improve.
Younger French defender William Saliba, again at Arsenal after mortgage spells away, rounded off Arsenal’s win with an excellent curling effort after Odegaard struck twice within the opening 11 minutes to place the guests in cruise management.
“I’m proud, it’s not simple to return right here and win 3-0 however there are nonetheless issues to show,” Arteta stated.
“We began the sport very well. We have been dominant, exact. The 2 targets gave us lots of confidence. Jesus was concerned within the targets. His contribution to the group was excellent.”
Arsenal might be dislodged from high spot if Manchester Metropolis win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
Whereas Arsenal swaggered to victory, Tottenham laboured towards Wolves however a much-improved second half displaying maintained their wonderful begin to the season.
As soon as once more Kane was the important thing.
The England captain headed Tottenham’s winner within the sixty fourth minute from a flick on by Ivan Perisic, who was given his first begin since becoming a member of the north Londoners.
It was Kane’s 185th Premier League objective, placing him forward of Sergio Aguero in fourth place on the all-time checklist within the competitors. He now additionally owns the document for probably the most Premier League targets for a single membership.
“It’s been a improbable 9 or 10 years within the Premier League. Hopefully many extra years to go. I at all times love scoring,” stated Kane. “Crucial factor is successful video games.
“We have to enhance. However the signal of a very good group is successful if you don’t play at your greatest.”
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