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Ten-man Liverpool dropped points in a Premier League draw with Fulham but Arsenal were unable to take advantage as they were held by Everton.
Six days after they failed to win at Fulham, Arsenal could again manage just one point as Sean Dyche’s side held on for a goalless draw at the Emirates.
Mikel Arteta’s side remain six points behind Liverpool having played a game more, with the Reds twice coming from behind in a 2-2 draw at Anfield.
Andy Robertson had been culpable for Andreas Pereira’s 11th-minute opener and was shown a red card six minutes later for bringing down Harry Wilson.
Despite their numerical disadvantage, Cody Gakpo equalized two minutes into the second half, and, after Rodrigo Muniz put Fulham back ahead with 14 minutes led, Diogo Jota came off the bench to earn a point with an 86th-minute leveller.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot was unhappy with the performance of referee Tony Harrington and his third booking of the season means he will serve a touchline ban at Tottenham next weekend.
Jack Taylor struck in stoppage time as Ipswich beat Wolves 2-1 at Molineux to push Gary O’Neil closer to the brink.
Matheus Cunha’s 72nd-minute equalizer looked to have saved Wolves from defeat against their fellow strugglers but Taylor was left free to head in from a corner in the fourth minute of time added on, sparking jubilant celebrations for the visitors and angry recriminations amongst Wolves players.
Rayan Ait-Nouri had to be ushered down the tunnel after the final whistle as arguments broke out within the home ranks and boos rang down from the stands.
Jacob Murphy scored twice as Newcastle rediscovered their killer touch to condemn new Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy to a first defeat.
Murphy rounded off a brilliantly worked set-piece to open the scoring and, after Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak had put the game out of sight, made it 4-0 on the hour mark.
Premier League
Saturday Results:
Arsenal 0 Everton 0
Liverpool 2 Fulham 2
Newcastle 4 Leicester City 0
Wolverhampton 1 Ipswich 2
Nottingham 2 Aston Villa 1.
