Results:
Everton 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Arsenal 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Round-up: The Premier League's weekend action concluded with two matches on Sunday, and it kicked off with Everton hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers and it was the home side who ultimately came out on top. It did not take long for Everton to take the lead, as striker Richarlison bagged his first league goal of the season after just 5 minutes, which was in part helped by poor Wolves defending. If anyone thought that Wolves were showing hangover effects from their UEFA Europa League play-off tie last Thursday against Torino, they were sorely mistaken as just four minutes later Romain Saiss equalised. It did not take long, however, for Everton to restore their lead as just 3 minutes later Alex Iwobi scored his first goal since signing from Arsenal in the summer. The goalscoring did not finish there, however, as a quarter of an hour from time striker Raul Jimenez, on as a substitute, equalised for a second time for Wolves. However, Richarlison struck again five minutes later to give Everton their second league win of the season, as Wolves were then reduced to 10 men in the 90th minute when defender Willy Boly was shown his second yellow card. The second match played today was arguably the match of the weekend, as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur contested the North London derby for the first time this season. In the end, neither team claimed local bragging rights as they played out an entertaining draw. In the 10th minute of the game, Tottenham launched a counter-attack and Erik Lamela hit a rather tame shot, however, Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno failed to hold on to it and the ball fell to Christian Eriksen, who was making his first start of the season, and he converted the rebound - it must be said that Leno should have done much better with Lamela's initial shot, though Arsenal's defending left a lot to be desired as well. Then around six minutes before half-time, Granit Xhaka effectively ensured that he would win the competition of most senseless tackle of the season when he fouled Heung min-Son, which led to referee Martin Atkinson awarding Tottenham a penalty - and Kane ruthlessly dispatched it into the bottom corner. It looked like Tottenham would head into half-time with a 2-goal lead, but in the first minute of added time, after failing to clear the ball from the final third, Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette scored a brilliant finish at Hugo Lloris' near post to put Arsenal right back into the match. The goal right before half-time gave Arsenal an inevitable boost and they improved significantly in the second half, with the reward coming in the 71st minute when Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang finished off a beautiful pass by Matteo Guendouzi which levelled the score at 2-2. Despite lots of effort to try get a winner, the quality was lacking and in the end the score remained at 2-2.
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