LONDON: Premier Lea­gue champions Liver­pool dropped points for the first time this season when they lost 2-1 at Crystal Palace in the eighth minute of added time as Manchester United and Chelsea suffered 3-1 defeats on Saturday.

United slumped at Brentford and 10-man Chelsea were beaten at home by Brighton & Hove Albion, who scored twice in stoppage time.

Manchester City thrashed Burnley 5-1 thanks to two own goals and a late brace from Erling Haaland while Leeds United were held to a 2-2 draw after Bourne­mouth equalised in added time through 19-year-old Eli Junior Kroupi.

Palace are now the only undefeated team in the Premier League after extending their club record run to 18 games in all competitions without losing, including three games against Liverpool.

Liverpool were on the back foot early on when Palace took the lead in the ninth minute through a set-piece when the ball fell to Ismaila Sarr who smashed it home.

Liverpool would have conceded more if not for goalkeeper Alisson while Jean-Philippe Mateta nearly made it 2-0 when he hit the post.

Although Liverpool equalised through Federico Chiesa in the 87th minute, fellow substitute Eddie Nketiah provided late drama when he scored the winner in the 97th minute, with Selhurst Park celebrating the goal twice after VAR confirmed he was not offside.

“The boys are in really good form and think we can win every game and today we showed that,” Nketiah told the BBC.

Palace moved provisionally up to second, three points behind leaders Liverpool. Arsenal can move back into second and cut the gap on their title rivals to two points when they travel to Newcastle on Sunday.

United boss Ruben Amorim’s wait for back-to-back Premier League wins goes on, nearly a year into his reign, after a disastrous defensive display at Brentford.

Bryan Mbeumo received a warm welcome from the Brentford fans as he returned to his former club for the first time since his move to Manchester United but the reception paled in comparison to the roars when the home side went 2-0 up inside 20 minutes.

Igor Thiago capitalised on United’s high line for the opener when Jordan Henderson sent him through on goal in the eighth minute, before the Brazilian forward grabbed his second when United keeper Altay Bayindir spilled a save right into his path.

United pulled one back when Benjamin Sesko scored his first goal for the club but Bruno Fernandes had a penalty saved by Caoimhin Kelleher before Mathias Jensen put the game out of reach in added time with a rocket from outside the box.

“We didn’t control the game, we played the game of Brentford. We were really confused [on] second balls, first balls, set pieces,” Amorim said. “The crucial moments, they were against us. Tough to lose again.”

OWN GOALS, HAALAND GIVE CITY WIN

Burnley’s Maxime Esteve became only the sixth player to score two own goals in a Premier League game as City climbed up to fourth.

Esteve scored the first when he tried to deny Phil Foden but Jaidon Anthony managed to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma to make it 1-1.

Matheus Nunes restored City’s lead with a close-range effort before Esteve’s second own goal came when he looked to stop Oscar Bobb from finding the net.

Haaland struck twice in the dying minutes to take his tally for the season to 15 goals in nine games for club and country and hand Burnley their biggest loss of the season.

Chelsea had a player sent off for a second time in as many league games when Trevoh Chalobah saw red for denying Brighton a goal-scoring opportunity at Stamford Bridge.

Enzo Fernandez had given Chelsea a 1-0 lead with a close-range header but Chalobah’s red card in the 53rd minute reduced the home side to 10 men and Brighton made it count when Danny Welbeck opened his account for the season with the equaliser.

Brighton capitalised again in the 92nd minute when Maxim De Cuyper powered a header home and the visitors sealed all three points when Welbeck scored in the 10th minute of added time.

Bournemouth took the lead at Leeds when Antoine Semenyo scored from a free kick but the home side made it 2-1 when Joe Rodon and Sean Longstaff netted either side of halftime.

With Leeds close to taking three points, Kroupi volleyed home from inside the box in the 93rd minute to lift Bournemouth up to third.

Published in Dawn, September 28th, 2025