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Lallana set up a player half his age as he provided a fine pass which Dibling controlled well to create space away from two Ipswich defenders, with the midfielder – a product of the Southampton academy – scoring his first senior goal.
That was the first time the Saints had led in a league match this season and they nearly doubled their advantage 22 minutes later.
Archer took the ball
Referee Chris Kavanagh said he “didn’t like” the decision to send off Declan Rice in Arsenal’s draw with Brighton last month, but said he “had no choice”.
Rice was sent off during the 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium for a second yellow card after nudging the ball away from Joel Veltman as he prepared to take a free-kick.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he was “amazed, amazed, amazed” at
Eberechi Eze scored a superb equaliser as Crystal Palace drew with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues, who thrashed Wolves 6-2 last week, were the better side in the first half, with Cole Palmer firing just wide and Dean Henderson saving superbly from Noni Madueke before Nicolas Jackson broke the deadlock.
The forward finished off a fast counter by Chelsea, tapping in Palmer’s cross at the near post.
Palace were
It was an entertaining afternoon in Nottingham as Forest’s new signing James Ward-Prowse watched on in the stands as his side pressed for a winner late on.
Wolves had caused them problems but Forest, boosted by the introduction of substitute Ramon Sosa – on for his Premier League debut – continued to find space out wide.
Fresh from his call-up to the England senior squad, Gibbs-White pulled the strings, while
Far from disgraced in their opening two league games, Ipswich were nevertheless under threat of two straight home defeats for the first time under McKenna before kick-off.
Factor in a dispiriting defeat on penalties to AFC Wimbledon in the EFL Cup in midweek and a nervous opening would have been understandable.
Delap lifted the mood with an excellent run and shot that burst through Leno’s hands, but Ipswich went into
Norwich head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup:
“There is a lot of belief in this squad – you should see the way they train – and they showed that against a strong team with a lot of Premier League experience.
“We took some more steps in the right direction today. It was a good performance and there is potential to be even better. We started well and scored a fantastic goal,
Dango Ouattara had a stoppage-time goal ruled out in a dramatic finale as Bournemouth had to settle for a draw against Newcastle.
The substitute thought he had secured the points with a 93rd-minute winner but it was disallowed for handball.
Marcus Tavernier had given Bournemouth a deserved first-half lead when he turned in Antoine Semenyo’s cross.
Bournemouth’s club record signing Evanilson, who was making his debut, should have made the
Antoine Semenyo’s late goal snatched a point for Bournemouth as they came from behind to hold Nottingham Forest on the opening day.
Chris Wood swept home the Forest opener in the 23rd minute after Cherries goalkeeper Neto parried a Ryan Yates shot to his feet.
It followed a broken ankle to their Brazilian midfielder Danilo, who was taken off on a stretcher after a challenge with Semenyo.
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On a sun-kissed afternoon in the Black Country, fuelled by an outstandingly passionate atmosphere at kick-off time, Albion made a very lively start.
But it was quickly clear that, in such stifling conditions, they could not keep up that same sort of frenetic pace against a side as defensively well marshalled as Southampton.
Saints had marginally the better of the handful of first-half chances.
Right-back Kyle Walker-Peters’ low effort flashed