Salah's 200th goal sends Liverpool top, Arsenal lose

Substitute Harvey Elliott struck Liverpool's winner on Saturday with a long-range shot in the 91st minute at Selhurst Park to put the Reds top of the table.

Palace had taken the lead through Jean-Philippe Mateta's penalty after VAR ruled that he had been fouled by Jarell Quansah.

Salah levelled with a deflected shot, a minute after Palace striker Jordan Ayew had been sent off for a second yellow card.

Salah became the fifth Liverpool player to reach 200 for the club. It was also his 150th in the English Premier League.

Arsenal missed their chance to return to the summit when they lost 1-0 at third-place Aston Villa in the late game.

Villa captain John McGinn won the match with a seventh-minute strike, extending their winning home league run to 15 games in the process.

Arsenal twice had the ball in the net in the second half but Bukayo Saka was offside and Kai Havertz was denied a late equaliser having been penalised for handball.

Villa beat champions Manchester City at home on Wednesday night and they are legitimate title challengers.

Unai Emery's side are just a point behind Arsenal, and two adrift of Liverpool.

Bournemouth stunned Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford, goals from Dominic Solanke, Philip Billing and Marcos Senesi prompting loud jeers as Erik ten Hag's team missed out on the chance to move level on points with defending champions Manchester City.

It was United's 11th defeat of the season and seventh in the league, but Bournemouth's first ever win at Old Trafford makes it four wins in five league games for Andoni Iraola's in-form side.

Brighton were frustrated by Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford's heroics in a 1-1 draw. Burnley scored against the run of play thanks to Wilson Odobert's sensational solo effort but Simon Adingra headed an equaliser for the hosts in the second half.

Matheus Cunha's goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers denied Nottingham Forest a much-needed win. Harry Toffolo headed Forest ahead but Cunha made it 1-1 after 32 minutes.

A wonderful curling shot by on-loan James McAtee gave bottom club Sheffield United a 1-0 win against Brentford, their first since manager Chris Wilder returned to the club.

Salah's goals

Mohamed Salah has scored 200 goals for Liverpool since joining from Roma in 2017.

In his first season he hit 32 in the league - a record for a 38-game Premier League campaign until beaten last season by Erling Haaland's 36 for Manchester City.

He has scored at least 19 in every EPL campaign with Liverpool.

With 148 league goals, and two for Chelsea earlier in his career, his goal against Palace was his 150th in the EPL. He is level with former Liverpool striker Michael Owen for 10th place in the all-time scoring chart since the EPL was created in 1992.

Sarah also has 42 Reds goals in the Champions League and three in this season's Europa League, plus five in the FA Cup and one each in the League Cup and Community Shield.

Liverpool offered a breakdown on social media of how he has scored his goals: 162 with his left foot, 30 on his right and eight headers.

With agencies

Australian Associated Press