Adrien Truffert has form for hitting the ground running. At Rennes, the club he joined at 13 and spent a decade at until leaving for Bournemouth in the summer, his debut arrived as a substitute against Monaco and culminated in him teeing up the equaliser with a wicked left-foot cross and then scoring a stoppage-time winner. Aged 18, Truffert sent a shot underneath Benjamin Lecomte, the opposition goalkeeper who visits Bournemouth with Fulham on Friday.
Signed for just 12m in the summer, the former RB Leipzig, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayer Leverkusen defender was given his chance when Dan Ballard picked up an injury in the second game of the season. The 27-year-old has embraced the challenge, producing a series of standout displays. In his four games, Sunderland have picked up eight points and conceded just two goals. His physicality and athleticism have been central to the team's fast start.
West Ham United are looking to improve the attacking unit with the signing of Baris Alper Yilmaz. The 25-year-old attacker has done quite well for Galatasaray, and his performances have attracted the attention of the London club. According to Fichajes, they are preparing a major offensive to sign the player. Yilmaz was linked with the move to the London club at the start of the season as well.
For me if we have VAR it is for a clear and obvious error and the fact that it took the ref that long to decide shows it is not a clear and obvious error. If it's not a clear and obvious error, VAR should not intervene. We've been told this for a few years, this style of decision again, and for me, it's very clear that it doesn't have to intervene because it's a penalty.
Everton midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall described it as "mind-boggling" that he has already been suspended after collecting five yellow cards in just six Premier League matches. Dewsbury-Hall received a booking for a challenge on Kyle Walker-Peters during Monday's 1-1 draw with West Ham and will miss Sunday's clash against Crystal Palace due to suspension. The midfielder, who joined Everton from Chelsea in August for around £28m, has started all six of the Toffees' league games and has registered a goal and an assist so far.
Only 20 days after his sacking by Nottingham Forest, Nuno Espirito Santo was back in a Premier League dugout and reminding himself why he returned so quickly. A revitalised West Ham earned a point at Everton, and deserved more after a fine second-half performance. It is a green shoot of hope, which did not look forthcoming before the break when Everton held a lead thanks to Michael Keane's header. West Ham equalised through a superb Jarrod Bowen strike
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After surviving a few scares as Fulham looked to double their lead, a long ball forward from Lucas Digne was latched onto by Watkins, who excellently lifted the ball over Bernd Leno before the ball eventually bounced into the net. Watkins' last goal came all the way back in April, when he scored against Bournemouth to become Villa's all-time top Premier League goalscorer.
We are back with some more action all across Europe this weekend, and we kick off Sunday's action as Aston Villa take on Fulham, with Unai Emery's side looking to get their first win of the Premier League season.
The Premier League is renowned for delivering late drama, but Saturday's stoppage-time antics reached new levels. According to Opta, the eight goals scored in the 90th minute (or later) in Saturday's games were the most in a single day in the competition's entire history. Some of the goals were heartbreaking, some were exhilarating, some were downright comical. Where did each strike rate on the drama scale? Let's take a look...
However, Chelsea were shown a red card for the second game in a row, when Trevoh Chalobah was sent off for a challenge on Diego Gomez just minutes into the second half, with the original decision of no foul overturned following a pitchside review for the denial of a goal-scoring opportunity. And Brighton would make their numerical advantage count, with Welbeck coming on to power a brilliant header from Yankuba Minteh's cross into the net in the 77th minute.