Key events
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GOAL! Burnley 0-5 Arsenal (Havertz, 78)
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RED CARD! West Ham (Phillips, 71)
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth (Semenyo, 69)
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GOAL! Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa (Muniz, 63)
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GOAL! Burnley 0-4 Arsenal (Trossard, 66)
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GOAL! Tottenham 1-2 Wolves (Gomes, 63)
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GOAL! Fulham 0-2 Aston Villa (Watkins, 56)
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Bournemouth (Gordon, 58)
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GOAL! Newcastle 0-1 Bournemouth (Solanke, 51)
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GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Wolves (Kulusevski, 46)
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GOAL! Burnley 0-3 Arsenal (Saka, 47)
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HT scores â Premier League
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GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Wolves (Gomes, 42)
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GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Arsenal (Saka, 41 pen)
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GOAL! Fulham 0-1 Aston Villa (Watkins, 23)
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GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Arsenal (Ãdegaard, 4)
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KICK OFF
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Team news â Nottingham Forest v West Ham
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Team news â Fulham v Aston Villa
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Team news – Newcastle v Bournemouth
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Team news â Tottenham v Wolves
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Team news â Burnley v Arsenal
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Preamble
Nottingham Forest are now looking very good value to see this out. West Ham were poor with 11 men, so you suspect the hosts could even add to their 1-0 lead in the final moments playing against 10.
GOAL! Burnley 0-5 Arsenal (Havertz, 78)
Kai Havertz does know where the net is, after all! A fine finish makes this, officially, a FIVE-STAR performance from the Gunners. Just the 11-0 aggregate in their past two games, now.
RED CARD! West Ham (Phillips, 71)
Kalvin Phillipsâ miserable time at West Ham continues. He picks up a second silly booking in a matter of minutes and receives his marching orders. Rough.
League Two: Salford have been up, then down, and theyâre now up again, leading Barrow 3-2.
League One: Bolton hit back to make it 3-3 against Charlton, while Cheltenham v Port Vale is now two goals apiece.
There are so many goals flying in down the leagues ⦠Iâll try to summarise soon.
Thereâs important news in Germany, however, as Bayer Leverkusen see out a 2-1 win over Heidenheim, after being given a late scare by a Kleindienst goal. Theyâre now EIGHT points clear of Harold Kaneâs Bavaria Munich.
GOAL! Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth (Semenyo, 69)
Newcastle have been pushing for the lead but itâs a fine finish from Antoine Semenyo who has restored the Cherriesâ advantage instead!
Itâs been a really tough afternoon for Eddie Howeâs side, this has.
Arsenal fans are emailing me in droves, clearly very satisfied with what theyâre seeing this afternoon.
Charles Antaki says:
I think I now understand Kai Havertzâs true purpose in the Arsenal team. He gets himself into a decent position to have a go at goal, completely fluffs it, and the ball somehow manages to go to a teammate in an even better position, who then calmly sticks it away. Invaluable.
GOAL! Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa (Muniz, 63)
Rodrigo Muniz scores his fourth goal in three games to get Fulham back into this contest! Sloppy from Pau Torres, and Villaâs hearts will be in their mouths now.
League One: Bolton v Charlton has turned into an absolute sizzler, with the visitors taking a 3-2 lead after 61 minutes via Daniel Kanu. Plenty of time remaining for more goals.
GOAL! Burnley 0-4 Arsenal (Trossard, 66)
Leandro Trossard gets in on the act at Turf Moor.
Arsenal are having a right day out.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-2 Wolves (Gomes, 63)
A better counterattack you will struggle to see all season. Bissouma loses it following a Spurs corner and itâs brought forward at lightning pace by the visitors and Joao Gomes scores his second of the game.
Stockport are done. Tranmere are 3-0 up now! Portsmouth are also 3-0 up on Reading in League One.
In the Championship, Jordan James has equalised for Tony Mowbrayâs side in the Tony Mowbray derby.
GOAL! Fulham 0-2 Aston Villa (Watkins, 56)
Oliver Watkins at the double. McGinn is the architect, with Tielemans playing it off to Watkins to guide another expert finish into the corner. Game over?
Championship: Three goals for Norwich now and two for Sargent. A good adjustment from him to smack home a rebound, with out-of-sorts Cardiff looking a bit ragged.
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Bournemouth (Gordon, 58)
Anthony Gordon puffs out his cheeks and slots home the penalty! Oooh, how the home side needed that. It sets up a fascinating final half hour or so.
Another long old VAR check for a penalty, this time at Newcastle, with a pull-back on a shirt from Bournemouthâs Adam Smith prompting some (slow) Stockley Park consternation. Looks like itâs being given!
We have a winner amid our search for the most 1930s footballer and the suggestion comes from Adam Griffiths:
Flt Lt Teddy Jenks, currently on loan at Ross County from Brighton/the 1930s RAF.
Bang on, Adam.
League One: Portsmouth look very safe at the summit and will surely stay there for a good while ⦠theyâre 2-0 up at home to Reading after Marlon Packâs goal.
Stockport have no such safety atop League Two, trailing Tranmere 2-0 now on the Wirral. And second place Mansfield have just levelled straight away at Walsall.
GOAL! Newcastle 0-1 Bournemouth (Solanke, 51)
Dominic Solanke is unstoppable right now, isnât he? Dubravka slightly at fault here, as the visitors break the deadlock. The Magpiesâ home troubles continue.
League Two: Is Salfordâs promising run under Karl Robinson about to end? Theyâve blown a 1-0 lead at home to Barrow to trail 2-1. And Mansfield might have scored nine goals the other night, but theyâre 1-0 down at Walsall.
An email from Scott Blair on interwar footballers:
I reckon Celticâs Cameron Carter-Vickers sounds like a chisel-jawed upper crust spy of the period. A bit like Lord Peter Flint, out of the Warlord comic. Now thereâs a reference for the teenagers.
Iâm afraid I donât get that reference, Scott, and Iâm 30.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Wolves (Kulusevski, 46)
Another quick answer to my half-time questions! Dejan Kulusevski gets Spurs level within a minute of the restart. Game on at the THS! (Do people call it that?)
GOAL! Burnley 0-3 Arsenal (Saka, 47)
The answer to that second question is an unequivocal no: Saka slams it home with his unfavoured right foot to strike early after the break and this is done and dusted.
Second half: Right, enough nonsense (for now), most of the second halves are getting under way.
Can Tottenham haul themselves out of trouble against Wolves? Can Burnley offer anything to stop Arsenal? And can West Ham offer anything whatsoever?
Some final scores from Europe:
Atletico Madrid thrashed Las Palmas 5-0 to go third in La Liga, while Napoli have been held 1-1 by Genoa as their stuttering season continues.
Leverkusen still lead 1-0 at Heidenheim through Jeremie Frimpongâs goal as they look to stretch their lead atop the Bundesliga.
Iâm having Tommy Smith (any of them) as a 1930s footballer, and pretty sure Cedric Soares should count if you butcher the pronounciation of his surname.
1930s footballers:
Championship: I wonât run through every single scoreline, but the headline is surely Middlesbroughâs 2-0 half-time lead at Leicester, which absolutely nobody saw coming. A spanner in the Foxesâ works, or a mere 45-minute blip? Weâll wait to see.
Sheffield Wednesday fans are enjoying themselves at Millwall, their side 2-0 up, while Ipswichâs form shows little sign of relenting as they lead 2-1 at Swansea. Preston 2-2 Blackburn has been a cracker thus far.
Thereâs been much to enjoy in the second tier as per.
Scottish Premiership: With Warnockâs Aberdeen still locked at 1-1 with Hibernian, Celtic, Dundee and Livingston all have 1-0 leads, while itâs goalless between Hearts and Motherwell.
HT scores â Premier League
Whistles are starting to go around the country, so hereâs how things stand in the Premier League after the first 45 minutes:
Make that 1-0 at Forest, a strike deeeeep into added time for the hosts! Taiwo Awoniyi shows strength to fire in at the back stick.
Championship: Preston have scored two goals in a matter of minutes to get level against Blackburn before the interval! Robbie Brady and Emil Riis help North End go bang, bang and that Lancashire derby is sizzling right now.
Now Norwich have turned the tables on Cardiff City. A free-kick from Gabriel Sara makes it 2-1 at Carrow Road.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Wolves (Gomes, 42)
A bullet header from Joao Gomes has left the Tottenham Hotspur fans in stunned silence. Wolves pounce from a corner after a good amount of Spurs pressure at the other end.
Championship: Norwich are level just before half-time at home to Cardiff, Sheffield Wednesday have doubled their lead at a miserable Millwall, while QPR have scored at Bristol City through Ilias Chair.
â1930s footballers, Iâll startâ, says Paul Bellsham of this parish: âOliver George Arthur Watkins.â
William Harris offers: âHarry Winks, music hall comedian.â
GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Arsenal (Saka, 41 pen)
After a lengthy VAR check, Arsenal are finally awarded a penalty at Burnley, a golden chance to double their lead and keep up the title race pace.
Bukayo Saka makes no mistake in burying the spot-kick, into the corner.
Some rather worrying news from north of the border this afternoon â¦
2-0 to Middlesbrough at the King Power! Samuel Silvera doubles the visitorsâ lead and this is a surprising scoreline to say the very least.
Talking of 1930s characters in Swansea v Ipswich, a man named Chaplin has just restored the Tractor Boysâ lead, 2-1 now.
Which footballer do you think sounds like they belong in the interwar period? Sorry if thatâs too niche.
Northampton, playing against Bristol Rovers in League One, are the only home side in the top three leagues in England who are actually in the lead.
In Scotland, Celtic have just broken the deadlock against their bogey team Kilmarnock, as Kyogo scores.
Championship: Jerry Yates sounds like a character from a 1930s detective drama to me, but apparently heâs also a Swansea forward â and has just scored to level things up against Ipswich.
Sheffield Wednesday are in front at Millwall through Ike Ugbo. How the Owls would love three points today to help their survival bid.