West Ham piled more pressure on beleaguered Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag with a dramatic 2-1 win on Sunday as Cole Palmer inspired Chelsea to a victory by the same scoreline over Newcastle.
West Ham piled more pressure on beleaguered Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag with a dramatic 2-1 win on Sunday as Cole Palmer inspired Chelsea to a victory by the same scoreline over Newcastle. Tottenham were beaten 1-0 at Crystal Palace, who picked up their first win of the season. Liverpool can go back to the top of the table with a victory away at Arsenal in the biggest clash of the Premier League weekend later on Sunday. Ten Hag was left to rue a familiar lack of ruthlessness as United’s fourth league defeat in nine games will spark further speculation on how long he will be given to turn the Red Devils’ fortunes around.
By halftime at the London Stadium, the visitors ought to have vanished from view. Edson Alvarez also headed off his own crossbar, and Alejandro Garnacho struck the woodwork within two minutes.
But after circling Lukasz Fabianski, the Portuguese international somehow fired over with the goal gaping, but Diogo Dalot missed the best opportunity. Julen Lopetegui, the under-fire manager of West Ham, made three substitutions at halftime to express his displeasure with the Hammers’ performance in the first half.
One of those who was brought on was Crysencio Summerville, who scored against the flow of play at minute 74. Nine minutes from the end, Casemiro’s header from point-blank range tied the score for United.
However, there was late drama when Matthijs de Ligt’s foul on Danny Ings was called by VAR. West Ham overtook United, who dropped to 14th place in the standings, after Jarrod Bowen hammered home the ensuing penalty kick.
Despite an outstanding performance, Chelsea had suffered their first Premier League defeat since Enzo Maresca took over as manager at Liverpool last weekend.
Palmer was at the centre of the Blues’ best work as they returned to winning ways. In the first five minutes, the England international’s goal was narrowly disallowed for offside.
Palmer’s delicious ball over the top set up PedroNeto, who then found Nicolas Jackson to slot in his sixth goal of the year, giving Palmer the opening goal even though he was not given credit for the assist.
As pressure builds on Eddie Howe ahead of Newcastle’s rematch against Chelsea in the League Cup on Wednesday, the team has now lost five of their league games.
Before halftime, Alexander Isak’s tap-in of Lewis Hall’s cross after a clever move put the Magpies back on level terms.
Palmer’s driving run forward and strong finish, which beat Nick Pope at his near post, gave him the decisive edge just two minutes into the second period.
However, Isak missed a great opportunity to tie the score 15 minutes from time after rounding Robert Sanchez, so Newcastle should have left London with a point.
Palace started the day in the relegation zone, but given Tottenham’s ongoing road struggles, they were worth the three points at Selhurst Park.
Jean-Philippe Mateta was set up by Eberechi Eze’s skilful flick to score the lone goal. In the second half, Eze had a second goal disallowed for offside, but Tottenham’s attack lacked bite because captain Son Heung-min was injured.
Spurs are now four points outside of the top four in eighth place after winning just one of their five away league games this season.