EPL: Liverpool top, Man City second, Arsenal now 12th

Martin Odegaard scored his first goal since his permanent switch to Arsenal on Saturday to further ease the pressure on Mikel Arteta as Sadio Mane helped fire Liverpool to the top of the Premier League.

Defending champions Manchester City dropped two points at home to Southampton after a 0-0 stalemate while struggling Wolves lost their fourth match in five against 10-man Brentford.

Arsenal were rock bottom of the table before last week’s fixtures but wins against Norwich and now Burnley lifted them to the relative comfort of 12th spot before the late kick-off between Aston Villa and Everton.

English Premier League table after Saturday’s 1400 GMT matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Liverpool 5 4 1 0 12 1 13

Man City 5 3 1 1 11 1 10

Man Utd 4 3 1 0 11 3 10

Chelsea 4 3 1 0 9 1 10

Everton 4 3 1 0 10 4 10

Brighton 4 3 0 1 5 3 9

Tottenham 4 3 0 1 3 3 9

West Ham 4 2 2 0 10 5 8

Brentford 5 2 2 1 5 2 8

Watford 5 2 0 3 6 8 6

Leicester 4 2 0 2 4 6 6

Arsenal 5 2 0 3 2 9 6

Crystal Palace 5 1 2 2 5 8 5

Aston Villa 4 1 1 2 5 7 4

Southampton 5 0 4 1 4 6 4

Wolves 5 1 0 4 2 5 3

Leeds 5 0 3 2 5 12 3

Newcastle 5 0 2 3 6 13 2

Burnley 5 0 1 4 3 9 1

Norwich 5 0 0 5 2 14 0 Punch