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Roundup of the latest Premier League action as the title race continued to stay fiercely tight.
Darwin Nunez headed in a 99th minute winner for league leaders, Liverpool, from Alexis Mac Allister’s cross as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds snatched a controversial last-gasp victory at Nottingham Forest.
Phil Foden’s second-half brace plus Erling Haaland’s late strike saw second-placed Manchester City come from behind to beat Manchester United 3-1 at home, after Marcus Rashford had smashed Utd into an eighth minute lead at the Etihad Stadium.
Third-placed Arsenal remain two points off the summit after Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice and Ben White all struck in a 6-0 victory at rock-bottom Sheffield United.
Lucas Digne nodded in a 89th minute winner for Aston Villa in a 3-2 victory at third-bottom Luton, after Ollie Watkins’ first-half brace had been cancelled out by Tahith Chong and Carlton Morris as Rob Edwards’ Hatters almost snatched a comeback draw.
Late goals from Timo Werner, Cristian Romeo and Son Heung-min saw fifth-placed Tottenham come from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in North London, after Eberechi Eze had put Palace ahead from a 59th minute free-kick on his return from injury.
Down in the relegation zone, Burnley remained second-bottom after a 2-0 loss to a clinical Bournemouth at Turf Moor, where goals from Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo saw Andoni Iraola’s Cherries scrape their way to a 11-point gap above the bottom three.
Beto’s opening goal couldn’t prevent 16th-placed Everton from moving away from the drop after Sean Dyche’s Toffees eventually lost 3-1 at home to West Ham, as Tomas Soucek and Edson Alvarez completed the Hammers’ comeback following Kurt Zouma’s equaliser.
Elsewhere, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento all found the net for Newcastle in a 3-0 home win over Wolves.
Fulham continued their late push to join the battle for an European qualification spot with a ruthless 3-0 win over Brighton at Craven Cottage, in which Harry Wilson and Rodrigo Muniz provided goals and assists for each other before Adama Traore wrapped up the victory in injury-time.
Finally, Axel Disasi’s header rescued Chelsea a 2-2 draw at West London rivals, Brentford after Yoane Wissa had put the Bees ahead from behind following Mads Roerslev’s equaliser to cancel out Nicolas Jackson’s first-half opening goal.
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