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<\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Full-time: Chelsea 4-3 Brighton<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 4-3 Brighton (Gross, 90+6)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Full-time: Leeds 1-1 Brentford<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Full-time: Sunderland 1-0 Fulham<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Leeds 1-1 Brentford (Calvert-Lewin, 79)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 4-2 Brighton (Palmer, 75)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Sunderland 1-0 Fulham (Isidor, 76)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 3-2 Brighton (Joao Pedro OG, 62)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Half-time: Leeds 0-1 Brentford<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Half-time: Chelsea 3-1 Brighton<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Half-time: Sunderland 0-0 Fulham<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Leeds 0-1 Brentford (Schade, 41)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 3-1 Brighton (Yalcouy\u00e9, 39)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 3-0 Brighton (Joao Pedro, 34)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 2-0 Brighton (Neto, 14)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 1-0 Brighton (Lavia, 5)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Away we go in the Premier League<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Confirmed: Martinez starts<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Jacob Steinberg was at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n double quotation markIn the fullness of time Chelsea\u2019s surrender against Brighton & Hove Albion last April may come to be seen as the turning point. The humiliation accelerated Liam Rosenior\u2019s demise and forced the Stamford Bridge hierarchy into a reckoning which has led to the appointment of Xabi Alonso, a shift in the transfer strategy, the JP Morgan front three and the end of Robert S\u00e1nchez\u2019s time as the No 1 goalkeeper.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Louise Taylor was the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n double quotation markAt the final whistle \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa provided a study in pensiveness while R\u00e9gis Le Bris simply looked relieved.<\/p>\n An almost palpable fear of losing formed the subtext of a match decided when two of the Sunderland<\/a> manager\u2019s second-half substitutes, Habib Diarra and Wilson Isidor, combined for the latter to score.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Aaron Bower was at Elland Road.<\/p>\n double quotation markLeeds United and Brentford continued their unbeaten starts to the Premier League<\/a> season with a draw that had enough moments to suggest both can be optimistic about what lies ahead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Joao Pedro and Emi Martinez spoke to Sky:<\/p>\n JP: I think everyone knows his quality, I think, he came to help us. We could see today. Yeah, he\u2019s a special player, special keeper.<\/p>\n EM: Yeah, of course, obviously, speaking of legends, of Chelsea, with JT and Petr, I knew how big this club is and what we want to achieve this season. I came I came here to help. I come here to challenge myself and trying to win the Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n JP: I think the game today was a special game for me. I think I help my teammates, I fight until the end, and, yeah, I get it in points, it\u2019s very important for us. When I\u2019m not scoring, Cole will be there, or Morgan, so, I think we need to enjoy, and, yeah, hopefully in the end, it can, we can achieve a high, high level.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Where does that leave the embryonic Premier League<\/a> table?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full-time: Chelsea 4-3 Brighton<\/p>\n Actually, they can\u2019t. Gross\u2019s goal was the last kick of a relentless game where defending took a back seat. Chelsea were great going forward, and so were an injury-hit Brighton. Feels like it\u2019s been a while since Chelsea were so much fun to watch but they kick off the season with two wins.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Chelsea 4-3 Brighton (Gross, 90+6)<\/p>\n They couldn\u2019t, could they?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full-time: Leeds 1-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Brentford were brilliant in the first half, and Kevin Schade\u2019s goal was a beauty. As is Leeds\u2019 way, they stuck at it, and Calvert-Lewin\u2019s goal was their reward for that persistence.<\/p>\n Leeds United fans. Photograph: Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.58 EDT<\/p>\n Leeds 1-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Harry Wilson is fouled by Nathan Collins as a loose ball is chased. A yellow card for Collins and a free-kick in a dangerous position for Leeds. Stach whips it, and that\u2019s that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full-time: Sunderland 1-0 Fulham<\/p>\n Wilson Isidor\u2019s goal won it for the Black Cats, a game where they held Fulham at bay. Fulham have lost both games this season and will rue a lack of cutting edge. Sunderland recover from that loss to Ipswich last week and land a home win at first time of asking.<\/p>\n Sunderland fans celebrate after Wilson Isidor scores. Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.57 EDT<\/p>\n Leeds 1-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Brentford making a series of subs, including Callum Wilson coming on to partner Thiago. There was some confusion over the numbers, with Rico Henry another arrival. Both teams making plenty of lunging tackles. There\u2019s real fatigue out there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sunderland 1-0 Fulham<\/p>\n Into the closing moments here, and Sunderland remain in front, and are defending deep against an opponent yet to have a shot on target all afternoon. They have had 59% of possession. Though, mind, Brighton had 73% of possession at Chelsea and look where that got them. Four minutes added on at the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.47 EDT<\/p>\n Leeds 1-1 Brentford<\/p>\n The change in weather conditions \u2013 see the pics from the Leeds Festival \u2013 have allowed Daniel Farke to resume wearing his signature black raincoat. His team look the likelier here. Brentford paying for all that first-half effort, and their lack of profit from it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leeds 1-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Lukas Nmecha was the player whose drilling of the ball was knocked in by Calvert-Lewin. At the other end, Igor Thiago drifts a header in but Brentford will not retake the lead with that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Leeds 1-1 Brentford (Calvert-Lewin, 79)<\/p>\n It was coming, and it came from short range\u2026.was Nathan Collins playing the striker onside? So it seems. Goal given.<\/p>\n Leeds United’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores their first goal. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.47 EDT<\/p>\n Chelsea 4-2 Brighton<\/p>\n This season\u2019s entertainers would appear to be Chelsea. Though Brighton are having a good go, too. Kadioglu volleys wide. Chelsea still giving up plenty of chances though so full of firepower.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.37 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 4-2 Brighton (Palmer, 75)<\/p>\n Breathing space secured in some style, as Palmer comes in from the right, blazing past Wieffer, and lashing home with his left foot. A fine goal, and a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n Cole Palmer of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal. Photograph: Anthony Hanc\/Wired Photos\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.39 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! Sunderland 1-0 Fulham (Isidor, 76)<\/p>\n Having missed a golden chance, Isidor kept his cool to score, with Fulham\u2019s high line breached, a fine cross from Habib Diarra. Those subs from Regis Le Bris pay huge dividends.<\/p>\n Wilson Isidor of Sunderland scores his team\u2019s first goal. Photograph: Matt McNulty\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.44 EDT<\/p>\n Chelsea 3-2 Brighton<\/p>\n Brighton fancy this. Boscagli forces a low save from Martinez though Dunk is booked for fouling Joao Pedro when the striker was making his escape.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leeds 0-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Justin forces a save from Kelleher as Leeds look for a way back when they might already have lost the game. Brentford have a habit of failing to kill off their opponents.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea 3-2 Brighton<\/p>\n Diego Gomez went close almost immediately after that own-goal. Chelsea suddenly looking something of a rabble, and changes are made, including the arrival of Moises Caicedo and Reece James.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.28 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! Chelsea 3-2 Brighton (Joao Pedro OG, 62)<\/p>\n Oops, Joao Pedro kisses the hand that used to feed him, deflecting in the ball past Martinez after Yalcouye\u2019s pass to Pascal Gross.<\/p>\n Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez reacts after Chelsea’s Joao Pedro scores an own goal. Photograph: John Walton\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.26 EDT<\/p>\n Sunderland 0-0 Fulham<\/p>\n Isidor and Diarra on for Sunderland as Angulo and Brobbey come off. The two departures have struggled to get into the game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leeds 0-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Harry Wilson on the burst, in the territory from where he scored those spectacular goals for Fulham but he decides to play in Jayden Bogle, and it doesn\u2019t come to much.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea 3-1 Brighton<\/p>\n Ooof! Diego Gomez should have scored. What a ball that was from Boscagli, and what a miss that was. Gomez has an eye for a goal, and miss, too. At the other end, both Neto and Cole Palmer go close for Chelsea.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sunderland 0-0 Fulham<\/p>\n Good noise at the Stadium of Light, and applause for Mukiele\u2019s tackle, when Gonzalo Garcia is robbed, just when Josh King\u2019s ball had sent the striker clean away. Palacios smashes over but Fulham look better.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.14 EDT<\/p>\n Leeds 0-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Leeds making a better fist of it with that strengthened midfield? So it seems. They win a first corner, and then a second.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea 3-1 Brighton<\/p>\n Brighton begin the half with possession. Chelsea are full of counterattacking speed, as you might expect from a Xabi Alonso team. At the Bridge, the officials have lost their electronic communications and are having to employ the analogue techniques of hand signals and shouting.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leeds 0-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Daniel Farke has made two changes, and really needed to. Harry Wilson and Ao Tanaka replace Brenden Aaronson and Jaka Bijol, in the aim of adding attacking zest and added numbers in midfield.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Let\u2019s return for the second half.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Leeds techno classic. Share<\/a><\/p>\n More on that important win for the new Rangers regime.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Leeds 0-1 Brentford<\/p>\n Brentford have continued their brilliant start to the season and might be more than a single goal up, though what a goal it was from Kevin Schade. His was a superb improvised finish.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Chelsea 3-1 Brighton<\/p>\n The attacking from Chelsea has been red-hot, and after Romeo Lavia scored early they settled into a groove that Brighton struggled with. Xabi Alonso\u2019s first home has got off to a good start.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Sunderland 0-0 Fulham<\/p>\n By far the quieter of today\u2019s matches, though one where the home team will feel they could have made more of their command of the balance of play.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea 3-1 Brighton<\/p>\n A Gross cross comes in and Gomez can only head over. Brighton, with so many players out, are not done here. Chelsea\u2019s defence needs some work; what will the window bring?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sunderland 0-0 Fulham<\/p>\n The home team have dominated without creating too much while Fulham\u2019s mavericks have not seen nearly enough of the ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Leeds 0-1 Brentford (Schade, 41)<\/p>\n That\u2019s the goal they deserved. Lewis-Potter\u2019s cross comes in, and Schade\u2019s finish is a beauty, with the outside of his boot and in.<\/p>\n Kevin Schade of Brentford scores the team’s first goal. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe\/ShutterstockAnd does the knee slide celebration. Photograph: Molly Darlington\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.48 EDT<\/p>\n Leeds 0-0 Brentford<\/p>\n Eric Pietersen gets in touch: \u201cI wonder how much of the quick pace that\u2019s caught your eye is teams realizing what a waste of time possession becomes if your opponent has time to set up their low block.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re reduced to passes around the block\u2019s perimeter, with hopeful crosses into a crowded box and threading the needle to a cutter your only positive attacking options, possession becomes its own liability.<\/p>\n I see teams dawdling on the ball less and less once they get it, and I think it\u2019s great. To paraphrase the beloved Kevin Keegan, if all teams treat possession as the fragile commodity with a very short useful shelf life that it seems to be in the modern day, I will love it. Love it.\u201d<\/p>\n