Arsenal beat Man United; Bale send Spurs second
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang condemned Manchester United to fresh misery at Old Trafford as his penalty clinched a 1-0 win for Arsenal, while Gareth Bale was the match winner along with his first goal since time for Tottenham in a 2-1 win over Brighton on Sunday.
Aubameyang ended a five-game goal drought in the league when he stepped up to convert a 69th-minute spot-kick after Paul Pogba fouled Hector Bellerin.
The Arsenal captain's first league goal because the opening weekend of the growing season gave the Gunners their first league win at Old Trafford since 2006.
United have now didn't win some of their four home league games this season, with the three defeats including a humiliating 6-1 rout against Tottenham.
It is the Red Devils' worst learn to a home league campaign since 1972-73, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team languishing just six points above the relegation zone in 15th place.
After an encouraging end to last season if they secured a top-four finish, United experienced an inconsistent commence to the brand new campaign, with the highs of Champions League wins over Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig cancelled out by a series of poor league performances.
"We weren't at the races. We were too sloppy and way too many passes went astray," Solskjaer said.
"Home and away form has gone out the window with no fans in the stadium. You can't look at that. It generally does not really mean too much. But we need to get points on the board."
Arsenal moved up to ninth, just a point off third, because of their first win away at a 'big six' rival in 30 attempts.
Mikel Arteta's men were deserved winners, having dominated for long periods and hit the bar through Willian in the first half.
"I'm delighted because we used a whole lot of courage and big personality," Arteta said.
"Every striker needs goals and in these occasions we have to create more for Auba. He has scored the key goal in fact it is likely to lift his confidence."
Bale rescues Spurs
Spurs moved up to second as Bale came off the bench to break Brighton's resolve in a controversial clash at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Harry Kane's early penalty put Jose Mourinho's men in the front before the visitors were denied a spot-kick for a pull on Leandro Trossard by Matt Doherty.
Brighton's bright display got the slice of luck they had a need to level 11 minutes in to the second-half when referee Graham Scott allowed Tariq Lamptey's equaliser to stand after what appeared a clear foul on Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the build-up, despite reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor.
Bale got Spurs and Scott off the hook, though, when he powered home a header 17 minutes from time.
"It's an excellent feeling," said Bale. "I simply want to seriously and make a direct effect for the team.
"I haven't played a whole lot of football. It's taken time, I'm being patient and spending so much time when I get chances."
Everton spurned the opportunity to go back the surface of the table on goal difference as they were beaten 2-1 at Newcastle.
Carlo Ancelotti's side succumbed to a limp defeat as Callum Wilson scored twice in the next half before Dominic Calvert-Lewin's late reply.
It was a hard day for Ancelotti, who dropped England number 1 Jordan Pickford in favour of Robin Olsen after a turbulent start to the season.
Southampton are up to fourth as James Ward-Prowse celebrated his 26th birthday by scoring two fine free-kicks in a 4-3 win against Aston Villa.
Ralph Hasenhuttl's side lost their first two matches this term, nevertheless they have bounced back impressively to win four of their last five games.
Another Ward-Prowse free-kick created the opener, scored by Jannik Vestergaard to open the floodgates.
Ward-Prowse curled a spectacular free-kick past Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez from 25 yards in the 33rd minute, then netted another majestic free-kick on the stroke of half-time.
Danny Ings bagged Southampton's fourth, but later needed to be replaced with a worrying looking knee injury.
Tyrone Mings, Ollie Watkins and Jack Grealish pulled goals back for Villa, who slip to seventh.
