There was a flurry of stoppage-time goals in the Premier League — and one of them ended Liverpool’s 100 per cent start to its title defense. Eddie Nketiah’s strike in the seventh minute of added-on time secured Crystal Palace a 2-1 victory over the champions on Saturday and extended the London team’s unbeaten run to 18 games stretching back to April. Liverpool, which won its first five games of the campaign, saw its lead trimmed to three points - with second-place Palace now its unlikely closest challenger.
The Reds have made a habit of scoring late goals themselves this season and Federico Chiesa’s 87th-minute effort looked like securing a draw at Selhurst Park — or even giving them a chance of grabbing a sixth straight win. Chelsea played almost the whole second half with 10 men against Brighton and paid the price, conceding two goals in stoppage time to lose 3-1 for a second straight defeat. Erling Haaland scored in the 90th minute and again in injury time to wrap up Manchester City’s 5-1 win over Burnley.
Tottenham scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time through Joao Palhinha to draw 1-1 with Wolverhampton, which collected its first point of the campaign. And Manchester United’s latest loss was sealed by a stoppage-time goal for Brentford, which won 3-1. It could have been so different had Bruno Fernandes’ penalty not been saved by Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher in the 76th minute, denying United an equalizer for 2-2.
Bournemouth also scored in stoppage time to earn a 2-2 draw at Leeds and Sunderland won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest, whose recently hired manager Ange Postecoglou has yet to win a game in five matches at his new club. First dropped points Liverpool had not been entirely convincing in gaining a maximum 15 points and Arne Slot’s team was undone again by Palace, which beat the Reds in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield before the English season began.
Palace took the lead in the ninth minute through Ismaila Sarr and wasted a string of chances to move further ahead - with striker Jean-Philippe Mateta the biggest culprit. Nketiah’s goal was scrappy but maintained Palace’s long undefeated run under Oliver Glasner, who has kept the team playing well despite losing star midfielder Eberechi Eze to Arsenal late in the transfer window. “If one team deserved to win today it was Palace,” Slot said.
Fernandes misses again United has now lost three of its six matches in the league and is already out of the English League Cup - at the hands of fourth-tier Grimsby Town - in what has been a tough start to the season for coach Ruben Amorim and his star midfielder Fernandes. The Portugal midfielder missed a penalty at Fulham last month and on Saturday saw his low spot kick kept out by Kelleher to keep Brentford on track for victory. United fell behind to an early double by Brazilian striker Igor Thiago by the 20th minute before Benjamin Sesko reduced the deficit for United in the 26th with his first goal in English soccer.
Mathias Jensen powered in a shot from the edge of the area for Brentford’s third goal in stoppage time. United failed to build on a win at Chelsea last week and still hasn’t recorded back-to-back victories under Amorim since his first match in charge in November last year.
Haaland is already well clear in the league’s scoring chart, with his double moving him onto eight goals - four more than anyone else. Before Haaland’s brace, City’s goals came from unusual sources. There was an own-goal in each half by Burnley center back Maxime Esteve, either side of a rare strike by right back Matheus Nunes. City has won three of its six games and moved five points behind Liverpool. Burnley’s goal came from Jaidon Anthony, who has four already this campaign.
Kamaldeen Sulemana’s stunning goal
Milan: Kamaldeen Sulemana helped Atalanta keep up its impressive streak at Juventus by netting a solo goal in a 1-1 draw in Serie A. Sulemana opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime after Juventus turned the ball over but Juan Cabal rescued a point for the host on Saturday to ensure his team maintained its unbeaten start to the season. Inter had already lost two of its opening four matches but made it two wins on the bounce with a 2-0 victory at Cagliari. Atalanta hadn’t lost at Juventus since 2018, with five victories and two draws since then. Juventus almost took the lead with less than two minutes on the clock, but Pierre Kalulu’s header came off the right post. Instead it was Atalanta that went in front in first-half stoppage time as Sulemana pounced on a mistake and then slalomed his way into the area, twisting and turning, before firing across into the bottom right corner. It was a second goal in as many matches for Sulemana — who joined from Southampton in the offseason — after his goal and assist in last week’s 3-0 win at Torino. The 23-year-old forward celebrated with some acrobatic backflips.
Juventus leveled in the 78th minute with a chaotic move. Odilon Kossounou failed to clear a ball into the box and it fell kindly to Cabal, who reacted quickly to control and fire in from close range for only his second career goal and the Colombian’s first since 2022. Atalanta soon went down to 10 men as Marten de Roon was sent off two minutes later after fouling Weston McKennie and receiving a second yellow card. It turned into a siege but Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi managed to keep Juventus at bay, notably saving from McKennie at point-blank range and Edon Zhegrova. Lautaro Martínez showed he has fully recovered from a back problem as he set Inter on the way to victory. The Argentine World Cup winner missed the Champions League victory over Ajax and only played 26 minutes against Sassuolo last week. However, he returned to the starting lineup at Cagliari and headed in a cross from Alessandro Bastoni in the ninth minute.Cagliari came close to leveling in the 73rd minute but Michael Folorunsho’s header crashed off the base of the upright.
Instead it was Inter which doubled its lead nine minutes later when Pio Esposito drilled Federico Dimarco’s low cross into the bottom right corner for his first ever Serie A goal. The 20-year-old Esposito’s older brother, Sebastiano, plays for Cagliari. Inter also hit the woodwork twice. Unbeaten start Cremonese maintained its unbeaten start to the season as it rescued a 1-1 draw at Como. Visiting defender Federico Baschirotto headed in a corner in the 69th minute to cancel out Nico Paz’s first-half opener for the hosts. Como forward Jesús Rodríguez, who had set up his side’s goal, was shown a straight red card eight minutes from time for a needless, off-the-ball punch and kick at Cremonese midfielder Filippo Terracciano, that was spotted by the video assistant referee.