Brighton hammer Chelsea on Potter's return
Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League thanks to Kevin De Bruyne's stunning strike in a 1-0 win over Leicester, but Chelsea boss Graham Potter suffered a nightmare return to Brighton with a 4-1 defeat on Saturday. Tottenham fought back from 2-0 down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 to remain in third ahead of Newcastle, who thrashed Aston Villa 4-0. Potter had been unbeaten in his first nine games since leaving Brighton to take over at Chelsea last month. By contrast, the Seagulls had not won in their first five games under new boss Roberto De Zerbi, but that all changed in a dominant first half by Brighton. Thiago Silva twice cleared off the Chelsea goal line in the first five minutes before Leandro Trossard fired home the opener. The visitors were then their own worst enemies as both Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah deflected crosses into their own goal. Kai Havertz's header early in the second half pulled a goal back, but Pascal Gross rounded off a memorable win for Brighton late on. "I'm not going to throw the players under the bus at all because they've been brilliant for us. They've given everything for me," Potter said. "I have to take responsibility and try to find a way for us to do better." Tottenham were staring a third consecutive league defeat in the face after Kieffer Moore struck twice for Bournemouth either side of half-time. Spurs have at times looked toothless going forward in recent weeks, but won the game thanks to two set-pieces after Ryan Sessegnon pulled a goal back just before the hour mark. Ben Davies rose highest to head home Ivan Perisic's cross to level before Rodrigo Bentancur smashed home the winner from another corner in stoppage time. Newcastle underlined their threat to the traditional powers for a place in the top four with a dismantling of Villa. Callum Wilson struck twice to further his case for a call-up to England's World Cup squad with Gareth Southgate in attendance at St James' Park. Joelinton rounded off a fine counter-attack to make it 3-0 before Miguel Almiron continued his sensational form with his sixth goal in as many games. Crystal Palace moved into the top half with a 1-0 win over Southampton as Odsonne Edouard slotted home the only goal at Selhurst Park. Wolves remain in the bottom three despite coming from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw at Brentford. Ben Mee put the Bees in front before Ruben Neves levelled with just Wolves' sixth goal in 13 league games. And Wolves' issues in front of goal will not be helped by a suspension for Diego Costa after he was sent off in stoppage time. Fulham moved up to seventh place despite squandering a host of chances in a 0-0 draw against Everton at Craven Cottage.  And in the late game Liverpool were beaten at home in front of a crowd for the first time in over five years as Crysencio Summerville's 89th minute goal gave Leeds a shock 2-1 win at Anfield. The visitors began the night second bottom of the table but climbed out of the relegation zone thanks to their first win in nine games. Liverpool gifted Rodrigo an early opener before Mohamed Salah levelled for the Reds. Jurgen Klopp's men had not tasted a league defeat in front of their own supporters since losing to Crystal Palace in April 2017, although they did lose six in a row during the 2020/21 season when crowds were banished due to the coronavirus pandemic. But that proud record came to a shocking end when Summerville wriggled free inside the area and fired into the far corner. A fourth defeat in their opening 12 league games of the season leaves Liverpool 13 points off the top of the table and eight adrift of even the top four. (AFP)