After a dull goalless draw of the Manchester Derby,followed by Chelsea's defeat to Everton,Spurs Liverpool and Arsenal all dropped points on Sunday meaning not a single "Big Six" side managed to win a game this MatchDay.
Crystal Palace hosted top of the table Spurs at Selhurst Park. It was the Son-Kane Partnership that worked again for Spurs in this game. It is like a guarantee connection between the two of them. Son assisted Kane to open the scoring in the 23rd minute to make it 1-0.
Palace were looking good on the counter attack but weren't able to trouble the Spurs defence much in the first half. Palace would eventually get their equalizer from a free kick. Eze whipped in a curling freekick into the penalty area and some mishandling from Spurs Keeper Lloris allowed Jeffrey Schlupp to bundle it home.
Spurs had a late late chance to nick it when Dier's free kick looked to have been going in the left corner only for Palace Keeper Vincente Guaita to make a stunning save in the 4th minute of stoppage time.
Following the news of Spurs's draw, Champions Liverpool had a chance to go top of the table when they faced 18th placed Fulham at the Craven Cottage.
It was however the Host who took the lead. Bobby Reid after he smashed a powerful shot in the corner to beat Allison in the 25th minute. It was nothing less than a deserved lead for Fulham.
Fulham Keeper Alphonso Areola was having a great day. He was judged the man of the match for his 5 saves and trying to keep Liverpool out. The Reds Though scored from the penalty spot through Mohammed Salah to salvage a point. Klopp would be feeling that it's 2 points dropped rather than one point gained.
In the late night Fixture, the worses continued for Arsenal. The Gunners sat at 15th Place having made their worst start of the season. Fans were back at the Emirates for the first time since March as they faced of Burnley who were also in the bottom half of the table.
After a stalemate first half, things went bad to worse for Mikel Arteta's men after Granit Xhaka was sent for in the 60th minute after a VAR decision for Violent Conduct.
Now down with 10 men, Arsenal gave away the lead to Burnley in the 73rd minute through an own goal from Captain Pierre Emrick Aubameyang. He tried to flick off the Burnley Corner only to divert it into his own net. It was a famous win for Burnley and a 6th league defeat for Arsenal and a 4th Consecutive Home Defeat for the first time since 1959.
Other Results-
Southampton 3-0 Sheffield United
Leicester City 3-0 Brighton
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