Bournemouth shock Manchester United, Norwich share points with Everton, lateManchester City goal sealed victory against Swansea, Ighalo stunned Sunderland.
Manchester United slumped to their second defeat in four
days as they were downed by newly promoted Bournemouth,
who richly deserved a famous 2-1 victory.
After just two minutes Junior Stanislas opened the scoring
with a curling corner, that eluded David De Gea and entered
the net to the delight of the home crowd.
United responded well to going behind and Anthony Martial
wasted a great chance before Marouane Fellaini made it 1-1
by half-time with a scrappy equaliser.
But after falling behind for a second time to King's
effort, United struggled in the opposition half and substitute
Glenn Murray wasted a gilt-edged chance to put the game
beyond doubt.
Meanwhile, at the Ethihad, a deflected injury-time winner gave Manchester City a fortunate 2-1 Premier League win over Swansea City in a thrilling finish at the Etihad Stadium.
Playing their first game since the sacking of Garry Monk,
who was dismissed on Wednesday following a miserable
run of form that had seen them claim just one win in 11
league games, Swansea produced a battling performance
worthy of at least a point.
However, one of their former players Wilfried Bony put
caretaker manager Alan Curtis' men seemingly on course
for defeat with a 26th-minute header.
Substitute Bafetimbi Gomis levelled for Swansea as he
lashed into the top corner at the near post in the final minute
of normal time.
But there was one last twist in the tale as Yaya Toure's
curling effort took a huge deflection off Kelechi Iheanacho
and looped into the net.
Also, Norwich City and Everton shared the points at Carrow Road
on Saturday as Wes Hoolahan cancelled out in-form Romelu
Lukaku's opener in a 1-1 draw.
Roberto Martinez's men were held by Bournemouth and
Crystal Palace in their last two Premier League outings and
again will perhaps feel they should have taken maximum
points.
Elsewhere, Yohan Cabaye fired Crystal Palace into the top six of the Premier League as Alan Pardew's side saw off Southampton 1-0 on Saturday.
The midfielder struck his fifth goal of the season, seven
minutes before the break, after fine approach work from
Yannick Bolasie.
The win was Palace's first over the visitors in 13 league
meetings dating back to 1991 and Alan Pardew's men were
well worth the points at Selhurst Park.
Also, Jack Butland kept West Ham at bay to record his seventh clean sheet of the season and earn Stoke City a 0-0 draw at Upton Park on Saturday.
Marko Arnautovic and Mauro Zarate both hit the woodwork
and Mame Biram Diouf was denied twice by West Ham
goalkeeper Adrian after coming off the bench in a frantic
finale.
And finally, Odion Ighalo's early goal was enough to see Watford secure a 1-0 victory at Sunderland on Saturday and rise to seventh place in the Premier League.
The Nigeria striker proved a nuisance throughout, with his
ability on the ball constantly troubling the Sunderland
defence, and some clever movement in the fourth minute
made the difference when he turned in Allan Nyom's low
cross.
Ighalo, who became the first player to reach double figures
in a single Premier League season for Watford, almost
grabbed another but saw his attempt cleared off the line just
a few seconds before the post denied Jose Manuel Jurado.
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