Arsenal went top of the Premier League table following their narrow win over Brentford after Manchester City and Liverpool played out a score draw. Trent Alexander-Arnold cancelled out Erling Haaland's opener to give Liverpool a share of the spoils and hand the Gunners the incentive that three points would take them to the summit.
As a result, a tense 88 minutes elapsed with both teams having minimal clear cut chances until Kai Havertz stepped forward with the match-winner in the final minutes of normal time. Elsewhere, Chelsea's mini-resurgence under Mauricio Pochettino was brutally stopped in its tracks with the Blues hammered 4-1 by Newcastle as captain Reece James was sent off.
London rivals Tottenham also suffered defeat with Aston Villa departing the capital on Sunday with all three points after coming from behind to hand Ange Postecoglou his third successive defeat as manager. Later that afternoon Manchester United dispatched of Everton by three goals following the Toffees' 10-point deduction which saw an already hostile Goodison Park continue to be filled with boos.
Elsewhere, wins for West Ham, Luton, Brighton and Bournemouth saw a number of teams change positions and as a result Bettingexpert's supercomputer,BETSiE, has ran its latest algorithm to make a final table prediction to work out the positions, average points and other things.
The supercomputer simulated the Premier League season 100,00 times taking into account all match results from last season (across all competitions), pre-season results and the current season as it progresses. Pre-season expectations and expected goals earned both for and against during the season are also accounted for in the projection.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham handed points
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