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LONDON: Chelsea slumped to another damaging home defeat against Brentford on Saturday as Eddie Nketiah hit a hat-trick in a 5-0 win for unbeaten Arsenal against bottom club Sheffield United. <\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Bournemouth came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 and claim their first league victory of the season after Philip Billing netted the winner with an extraordinary lob from 40 yards. <\/p>\n
Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s Chelsea appeared to have turned a corner in recent weeks, taking seven points from their three previous fixtures, but their 2-0 defeat means they have just one home win from their past 13 games in the league. <\/p>\n
Ethan Pinnock took advantage of non-existent marking to head the visitors in front shortly before the hour mark after Chelsea had failed to capitalise on their first-half dominance.<\/p>\n
Robert Sanchez was embarrassed in added time after joining his team\u2019s attack for a corner, failing to catch Neal Maupay in a race as he broke with the ball, allowing Bryan Mbeumo to score in an empty net to compound home fans\u2019 woes. <\/p>\n
The result means Brentford leapfrog Chelsea into 10th place in the Premier League table, pushing Pochettino\u2019s men into the bottom half. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not happy and think the players also and the whole club is not happy about the run [at home],\u201d said the Argentine manager. \u201cIt\u2019s a long time that we need to be more consistent here and very disappointed with this. We feel the responsibility that we need to change the dynamic.\u201d <\/p>\n
It was a different story for Arsenal, who roared back from 2-0 down to draw against Chelsea last week to preserve their unbeaten league record. <\/p>\n
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta shuffled his pack \u2014 including dropping captain Martin Odegaard to the bench \u2014 for the visit of Sheffield and Nketiah celebrated his recall in style. <\/p>\n
Arsenal broke through a resolute Blades defence as Declan Rice\u2019s pinpoint pass was collected by Nketiah, who made no mistake with a close-range finish past Wes Foderingham. <\/p>\n
Nketiah doubled up when Foderingham failed to deal with a Bukayo Saka corner and palmed the ball into the path of the England striker, who lashed home to make it 2-0. <\/p>\n
Nketiah\u2019s hat-trick was sealed in style as he smashed home from 20 yards. <\/p>\n
Arsenal were awarded a penalty after a lengthy VAR check for an Oliver Norwood foul on Fabio Vieira, the Portuguese midfielder taking the spot-kick himself and sending Foderingham the wrong way to make it 4-0. <\/p>\n
Another substitute, Takehiro Tomiyasu, completed the rout in stoppage time. <\/p>\n
The win lifts Arsenal two points behind pacesetters Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on Friday. <\/p>\n
Ange Postecoglou\u2019s Spurs had opened a provisional five-point lead at the top as their unbeaten start to the season continued at Palace. <\/p>\n
After a subdued first 45 minutes, Spurs sprang into life early in the second-half as Joel Ward\u2019s own goal and Son Heung-min\u2019s strike earned the victory. <\/p>\n
Jordan Ayew pulled a goal back in stoppage time, but it was too little, too late for the Eagles, who are in 11th place with 12 points. <\/p>\n
With 10 games gone, albeit the majority of them against sides in the bottom half, Spurs are beginning to look like a side capable of an extended challenge at the top.<\/p>\n
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