Premier League Football News

West Ham opened the first round of Premier League matches in 2021 with a fine win at Everton, Tomas Soucek scored the winner with four minutes of the game remaining. Manchester United continued winning with a 2-1 home victory against Aston Villa. The win taking them to second spot in the Premier League. Tottenham cruised past Leeds with a comfortable 3-0 win, Son scoring his 100th goal for the club.

Sheffield United again lost, this time at Crystal Palace by 2-0 and remain rooted to the bottom of the league with two points. Brighton and Wolverhampton fought out a 3-3 draw. Brighton came back from 3-1 down and equalised. through Lewis Dunk twenty minutes from time. West Bromwich were easily defeated by Arsenal losing 4-0 at home and remaining next to bottom with eight points. Leicester continued their climb up the table with a 2-1 victory at Newcastle and are now in third place. However the game of the day was Chelsea v Manchester City. Manchester produced a breathtaking first half performance dismantling Chelsea with three goals. Kevin De Bruyne was outstanding scoring the third goal. Manchester City are now in fifth place.Chelsea got a consolation goal in the last minute from Callum Hudson-Odoi

In other games, Norwich defeated Barnsley, Swansea beat Watford and Bournemouth defeated Stoke by a single goal.