Premier League wrap: Villa win seven-goal thriller
Ollie Watkins ended an 11-game goal drought with a first-half brace as high-flying Aston Villa overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Brighton 4-3 at the Amex Stadium.
Jan Paul van Hecke's close-range finish and a Pau Torres own goal put the Seagulls on course to leapfrog Villa in the Premier League table.
But England international Watkins, who ahead of kick-off had struck once in 19 appearances this term, levelled with his ninth and 10th career goals against Albion, before Amadou Onana and substitute Donyell Malen completed the turnaround.
Seagulls centre-back Van Hecke set up a tense finale by claiming his second of the evening seven minutes from time.
However, Unai Emery’s in-form side held on for an eighth victory in nine top-flight outings to inflict Brighton’s first home defeat of the season.
Daniel Munoz's first-half header was enough for Crystal Palace to leave Turf Moor with a 1-0 win as Burnley slumped to a fifth straight Premier League loss.
Munoz turned in Marc Guehi’s cross moments before half-time, a rare moment of quality in a poor game, as Palace rebounded from back-to-back defeats against Strasbourg and Manchester United.
As Oliver Glasner lobbies for more investment in his squad, the win moves Palace up into the thick of the fight for European places at this early stage of the season, but Burnley’s losing run keeps them second bottom of the league and among the favourites for the drop.
Igor Jesus scored his first Premier League goal for Nottingham Forest as they inflicted an eighth successive defeat on a doomed Wolves.
The Brazilian nodded home a second-half cross to open his league account for the Reds and earn them a 1-0 win at Molineux.
It was only ever going to need one goal against a Wolves side who have not scored in five league matches and appear on an irreversible slide towards the Championship.
New boss Rob Edwards has overseen an improvement in performances but their struggles in both boxes mean they remain winless after 14 games and Derby’s record-low points total of 11 looks a long way off, with games against Manchester United and Arsenal to come.
A visit to Molineux was just the tonic for Forest after they lost against Brighton at the weekend and a third win in four league games under Sean Dyche keeps them upwardly mobile.
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