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Baleba’s shot is closed down as Brighton keep hunting that equaliser. Time for former Gunner Danny Welbeck to join the fray.
ShareIt’s still incredibly end-to-end at Aston Villa, with Watkins failing to take a chance, allowing Chelsea to break. James has Garnacho in the middle, but his cross-shot is too close to Martinez.
ShareGOAL! Fulham 0-1 West Ham (Summerville 65')And a significant goal at Craven Cottage, where Jarrod Bowen tees up Crysencio Summerville to open the scoring! West Ham are out of the bottom three as it stands.
ShareGOAL! Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea (Palmer 56')It’s turning into a very good night for Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea, who again break to devastating effect. Palmer finds James down the left and while his cross is palmed out by Martinez, Palmer is there to thread the rebound into the net. Finish!
ShareGOAL! Man City 2-1 Nottm Forest (Rodri 63')And from that corner, City retake the lead! Rodri powers home a header, with Sels complaining he was impeded by Haaland. I’m not sure there was enough in it, and Milenkovic is booked for his complaints.
Rodri heads home to restore Manchester City’s lead. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Rodri celebrates with Bernardo Silva. Photograph: Phil Noble/ReutersShareUpdated at 22.00 CET
Brighton are threatening again, with Minteh’s shot bundled behind off Mosquera. At the Etihad, Haaland’s shot rebounds behind for a corner …
ShareForest get forward again, but City counter and Murillo is booked for bringing down Haaland. City are looking a little fragile defensively again, though.
ShareDavid Raya preserves Arsenal’s lead, springing to his right to save Rutter’s well-struck shot. He needs treatment afterwards, and is barracked by the Brighton fans. Mikel Arteta sends on Trossard and Havertz.
ShareGOAL! Man City 1-1 Nottm Forest (Gibbs-White 56')Well, then. Forest escape the pressure and break away, with Morgan Gibbs-White applying the finishing touch thanks to a lovely backheel. That could be a huge moment at both ends of the table!
Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White scores their equaliser with a cheeky backheel. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters
Which he’s deservedly happy about. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/ReutersShareUpdated at 21.55 CET
Yankuba Minteh has come on for Brighton at the break, while at Villa Park, Lamare Bogarde has replaced Matty Cash.
ShareArsenal see off a couple of goalmouth scrambles, Declan Rice thudding the ball away. The thing with Brighton is they don’t really look like scoring, until they do – so it’s hard to tell how comfortable this lead is.
ShareLovely skill from Cherki, skipping into space but sending his shot high over the bar. Still, City have started this half firmly on the front foot.
ShareWe’re back under way at Villa Park, where Chelsea lead 2-1. That game is a fair bit behind the other 7.30pm kick-offs. Luton, meanwhile, have levelled against Northampton in the EFL Trophy semi-finals.
Nahki Wells (second right) celebrates with teammates after scoring Luton Town’s equaliser. Photograph: Michael Zemanek/ShutterstockShareUpdated at 21.50 CET
Save! Bernardo Silva fizzes a shot across goal, which Sels gets down to tip beyond the far post.
Share“Nisbet’s goal celebrated not just in the jam tart buying parts of Edinburgh, but also in Motherwell – have a look at that table,” writes James Humphries.
ShareFulham were awarded a penalty, Castellanos bringing down Cairney in the area … but after review, the decision is overturned, as Cairney made the first contact.
ShareSecond halfBack under way at the Amex, Etihad and Craven Cottage …
ShareThis is the first time Arsenal and Manchester City have played simultaneously since matchweek nine, back in October. Arsenal beat Palace 1-0, while City lost by the same score at Villa. That left City fifth, below Bournemouth, Sunderland … and Tottenham.
Share“Has somebody in the Arsenal stats department worked out the probability of any benefit to Raya hoofing the ball up for Gyökeres to fail to control, and for Brighton to launch yet another attack?” fumes Charles Antaki. “From where I’m sitting, it just looks lumpish and wasteful, but what do I know?”
ShareAberdeen level against Celtic! It’s Kevin Nisbet with a goal that will be cheered heartily in (parts of) Edinburgh.
Aberdeen’s Kevin Nisbet sends Celtic keeper Viljami Sinisalo the wrong way to level the scores. Photograph: Robert Perry/PA
Nisbet (left) celebrates with teammates after restoring parity at Pittodrie. Photograph: Robert Perry/PAShareUpdated at 21.46 CET
Half time: Aston Villa 1-2 ChelseaJoão Pedro’s double has helped Chelsea turn things around after an early Douglas Luíz opener. He’s up to 13 league goals for the season – a very underrated finisher.
ShareGOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea (João Pedro 50')You can’t take your eyes off this one. Garnacho and Fernandez combine smartly on the break, the latter prodding into João Pedro’s path – and he lifts the ball first-time over Emi Martínez! There’s another wafer-thin VAR offside check, but this time the goal stands.
Chelsea’s Joao Pedro (right) dinks the ball over Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez for his second goal of the game. Photograph: Jacob King/PA
Pedro (left) celebrates scoring Chelsea’s second goal with Enzo Fernandez. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/ReutersShareUpdated at 21.31 CET
Half time: Man City 1-0 Nottingham ForestForest have had a couple of chances, but City lead at the break through Antoine Semenyo’s fine finish.
ShareHalf time: Brighton 0-1 ArsenalDespite a first-half xG of 0.01, Arsenal lead at the Amex thanks to Bukayo Saka’s early deflected shot. Since then, it’s been fouls, tussles and time-wasting allegations galore. Just before the whistle, Martinelli drags down Wieffer in the area – but the referee waves play on.
ShareUpdated at 21.39 CET
Proper panto scenes down on the south coast, with every Arsenal delay whistled and jeered by the home fans. Fabian Hurzeler is also making sure the fourth official is taking notes; three added minutes to end this half.
ShareA big early goal up at Pittodrie, where Celtic lead Aberdeen 1-0 – none other than Kieran Tierney breaking the deadlock.
Kieran Tierney tucks the ball home to open the scoring. Photograph: Robert Perry/PA
Then celebrates. Photograph: Robert Perry/PAShareUpdated at 21.24 CET
Half time: Fulham 0-0 West HamHas much happened at Craven Cottage? The short answer is no; the long answer is not really.
ShareUpdated at 21.19 CET
Newcastle v Manchester United is liiiive – follow that one with Scott Murray:
ShareNo goal! Reece James dallies on the ball and then gives it away, allowing Villa to sweep downfield. Morgan Rogers plays in Watkins, who fires into the net. But wait … VAR intervenes, and the goal is ruled out. Watkins was offside, by a couple of inches.
The VAR decision of offside for Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins is shown on the big screen. Photograph: Jacob King/PAShareUpdated at 21.20 CET
Garnacho’s cross is deflected behind, and Chelsea play a short corner …
ShareGOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea (Pedro 36')Moments after Villa tested Jorgensen again, Chelsea break back and equalise. Fernandez’s lovely floated pass finds Gusto – who looks offside – and he rolls the ball across goal for João Pedro to slot home. There’s the customary VAR check, but the goal stands!
Chelsea's Joao Pedro diverts the ball into the net to level the score at Aston Villa. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Then celebrates. Photograph: Nick Potts/PAShareUpdated at 21.18 CET
Semenyo takes his league goal tally to 15 for the season, but Forest are fighting back. Igor Jesus’ shot is saved by Donnarumma, and as Ruben Dias sweeps a leg in to clear, he brings down Neco Williams. No penalty; I think Williams was offside when the shot came in.
ShareUpdated at 21.08 CET
GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Semenyo 30')It’s that man again, Erling Antoine Semenyo! He’s on hand to acrobatically finish from Rayan Cherki’s cross, and City have the lead.
Manchester City's Antoine Semenyo volleys the home side ahead. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters
Which he’s pretty pleased about. Photograph: Dave Thompson/APShareUpdated at 21.09 CET
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