Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth, Wolves 1-4 Brighton and more: Saturday football clockwatch – live
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Key events
Full time scores – Championship
Full time scores – Premier League
Goal! Fulham 0-3 Brentford (Mbeumo, 90+2)
Scottish League Cup scores
Bundesliga full time scores
Goal! Fulham 0-2 Brentford (Mbeumo, 66)
Goal! Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth (Jota, 62)
Goal! Wolves 1-4 Brighton (Hwang, 61)
Championship update
Wolves 0-4 Brighton (March, 55)
Goal! Wolves 0-3 Brighton (March, 52)
Goal! Wolves 0-2 Brighton (Estupiñán, 46)
Half time
Goal! Fulham 0-1 Brentford (Wissa, 44)
Championship score update
Goal! Liverpool 2-1 Bourmemouth (Salah, 36)
Goal! Liverpool 1-1 Bournemouth (Diaz, 27)
Goal! Wolves 0-1 Brighton (Mitoma, 15)
Goal! Liverpool 0-1 Bourmemouth (Semenyo, 3)
Kick off
Early results
Wolves v Brighton – Premier League – teams
Fulham v Brentford – Premier League – teams
Liverpool v Bournemouth – Premier League – teams
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That’s all from me, and for today’s clockwatch. This was my first time doing one of these on a Saturday afternoon so cheers for your emails, updates and tweets and apologies if I didn’t get to them all.
One regular day of Barclays, that’s all I ask for. Will never happen.
Solly March celebrates scoring against Wolves. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA
And Anfield was adorned by an Alexis Mac Allister red card, but an ample home display to blunt the briefly-bedazzling Bournemouth, as Andy Hunter reports:
Brighton’s March to victory over Wolves was watched by Peter Lansley:
Bryan Mbeumo’s hot streak continued for Brentford as they triumphed in the Battle Of West London and our man John Brewin was there:
Match reports from those three games in The Big League are pending, so let me point you again in the direction of our coverage of Tottenham 1-3 Manchester United:
The Seagulls are flying high once more under Roberto De Zerbi. What a victory for them at Wolves, who had beaten pushed Manchester United so close earlier in the week.
It’s a morale-boosting day for Liverpool, despite Alexis Mac Allister’s contentious red card adding to their midfield woes. Jürgen Klopp’s showed up today after falling behind.
Fulham can join Wolves in a soul-searching session after a fairly listless performance, trounced at home by Brentford. The Bees are hardly feeling the absence of the talismanic Ivan Toney, thanks to Mbeumo, Wissa and co.
Full time scores are in from virtually every ground around the UK now and you can find them here.
Big wins in League One for Oxford United, Cambridge United (someone check on Max Rushden), Derby County, Exeter and Northampton, while Charlie Savage scored in Reading’s victory over Stevenage.
In League Two, aside from Wrexham, the entertainment came for Newport fans (3-0 winners at Forest Green), Notts County fans (3-1 winners at Doncaster) and those of an AFC Wimbledon persuasion (another 3-0 away win).
Updated at 12.06 EDT
Wrexham 5-5 Swindon! Unbelievable. Never a dull moment …
Full time scores – ChampionshipLeicester City’s Cesare Casadei celebrates scoring his side’s winner against Cardiff. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PAFull time scores – Premier LeagueLiverpool’s Diogo Jota celebrates their third goal versus Bournemouth. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAGoal! Fulham 0-3 Brentford (Mbeumo, 90+2)
Mbeumo rubs salt into the Craven Cottage wounds with a stoppage time goal. Two for him today; three points for Thomas Frank’s always-impressive charges.
Joy for the Bee’s as Mbuemo wraps up the west London derby. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
Updated at 12.00 EDT
Sending off at Molineux. Bad has gone to worse for Wolves as Matheus Nunes gets the third Premier League red card of the day, he was rattled and went in late on Webster.
A poor day for Gary O’Neil in his second game in the dugout.
Leicester 2-1 Cardiff: Casadei on a Saturday! Cesare Casadei, on loan from Chelsea, has scored! The Foxes leap into the lead late on at the King Power. They’re going to stay kings of the Championship castle if they can hold on: three wins from three incoming?
Fulham 0-2 Brentford: Nine added minutes for Fulham to find something, and then something else. Sounds like there’s nine more minutes at Molineux, as well.
Great stuff from all those at Liverpool FC today.
Scottish League Cup scores
I owe Simon McMahon a pint of Tennents.
“Looking good for Ross County, St. Mirren and Livingston in the Scottish League Cup. Queens Park lead Arbroath 1-0, and a special mention for Cowdenbeath, now playing in the Lowland League after a tough few years, who are 6-0 up against, ahem, Edinburgh University. Still, a 6-0 win is a 6-0 win, right? Go the Blue Brazil.”
Some Championship goals. Birmingham 2-0 up at Bristol City; Hull have just scored two to take the lead at Blackburn; Ipswich are 1-0 up at QPR. Only one home team has the lead going into the final few minutes (Sunderland).
Updated at 11.47 EDT
Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth: A big save from Alisson! Aarons has been impressive for the visitors and pulls the ball back into a delicious area, with Billing denied by the Brazilian’s sprawling stop.
Time is running out for the Cherries.
Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth: Klopp’s men have truly taken to their task since going down to 10 players. You can’t fault the defensive commitment; they don’t really look like conceding to set up that grandstand finish I longed for spoke out.
Real Sociedad 1-0 Celta Vigo. This one kicked off at 4pm BST, the only La Liga game of the afternoon, with Ander Barrenetxea’s goal breakind the deadlock on 22 minutes.
Wrexham had pulled it back to 4-3 against Swindon, but the Robins have just eased their concerns with a goal, it’s 5-3. This could be the Welsh team’s second 5-3 home loss of the season – in two attempts!
Big goals for Blackburn and Ipswich to take the lead in their Championship games while Boro are level through Hayden Hackney.
Updated at 11.38 EDT
Liverpool keep pushing for a fourth. Mike MacKenzie has been impressed:
“Maybe Liverpool can start every game with 10 men and then add one later, if needed? They have played much better since the harsh sending off of MacAllister.”
He’s not wrong.
Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth: Kieffer Moore is on from the bench and has missed the giltest of gilt-edged chances. An away goal now would make this interesting, to say the least.
VAR continues to cause controversy. Stephen Carr emails again, to say:
Imagine having access to cutting edge technology that can help referees with contentious decisions made in high pressure situations that can have significant implications, but then only really using it to judge whether someone’s finger was offside or not.
Manchester United travel to Tottenham in the Premier League’s early evening kick-off. Team news is out now, with Sarah Rendell on MBM duty for us. Should be a good one, that.
Bundesliga full time scoresLeverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong (2-L) and Florian Wirtz (R) celebrate with Granit Xhaka and Odilon Kossounou. Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA
There’s no I in Brentford.
Goal! Fulham 0-2 Brentford (Mbeumo, 66)
Ivan Toney, watch out, Bryan Mbeumo is coming for your title as Brentford’s new Player With Penchant For Penalties. He’s doubled their lead at Fulham after Tim Ream’s foul on Wissa in the box – for which the American got a second yellow. He’s off and Marco Silva’s men are in all sort of trouble.
Bryan Mbeumo tucks away his spot kick. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters
Updated at 11.33 EDT
Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth: Wataru Endo is now on for his debut in place of Cody Gakpo.
His old Stuttgart teammates are now 5-0 up on Bochum. Joy for Kári!
Goal! Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth (Jota, 62)
Playing with 10 men is no problem for this Liverpool team. Alexander-Arnold with a lovely ball in, Szoboszlai shoots and it falls the way of Jota to capitalise on another spillage from Neto. That eases the nerves around Anfield, alright.
Diogo Jota finally gets on the scoresheet. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images
Updated at 11.29 EDT
Goal! Wolves 1-4 Brighton (Hwang, 61)
Back in the game! Ok, not yet.
Hwang Hee-Chan contains his excitement as he pulls one back for Wolves. Photograph: Jack Thomas/WWFC/Getty Images
Updated at 11.27 EDT
Red card! Alexis Mac Allister is shown his marching orders by referee Thomas Bramall at Anfield. That looks a tad harsh. The challenge was mistimed but not malicious. Boos from the crowd as the Argentinian trods off. No VAR check? No?
Updated at 11.21 EDT
Championship update
Bellingham with a brace! Jobe, that is. Sunderland 2-1 Rotherham. Andre Vidigal breaks the deadlock in the Potteries: Stoke 1-0 Watford. And Preston are 1-0 up at Sheffield Wednesday.
Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth: The Reds are knocking on the door in the desperate hope of a third goal and some wiggle room. Gakpo has a go. The Cherries simply cannot clear their lines at the moment.
Wolves 0-4 Brighton (March, 55)
Why haven’t I got any Brighton players in my Fantasy team? A repeat performance from Solly, who’s having a jolly at Molly. Golly.
Solly March bags a fourth for Brighton! Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images
Updated at 11.26 EDT
Fulham 0-1 Brentford: De Cordova-Reid hits the bar! At the other end, Leno makes a smart save to keep his team in the game. Still anyone’s at Craven Cottage.
Goal! Wolves 0-3 Brighton (March, 52)
It’s a very, very, very long way back for O’Neil’s men now. It’s probably terminal. Solly March fires past Sa into the roof of the Wolves net.
Brighton on the March at Molineux! Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA
Updated at 11.25 EDT
Samuel Campbell emails in:
There was a lot of talk before the season started about referees having to to take into account [if] the contact [had] consequence. If that is the case, I have no idea how that penalty to Liverpool can be given. He is touched, but that touch does not impeded him. He has taken the decision to jump up in the air. As long as cheating like this is rewarded then it won’t stop.
NB: I said earlier that Rothwell ‘scythed’ his man down. He definitely didn’t. More ‘feathered’.
Middlesbrough 0-1 Huddersfield: First blood to the old school at the Riverside! Warnock’s men are ahead through a, checks notes, Dael Fry own goal. The gnarled second tier veteran won’t care how they come, though, will he?
Goal! Wolves 0-2 Brighton (Estupiñán, 46)
Jose Sa makes a save but it’s into the path of Mitoma, who cuts back perfectly towards Estupiñán, who doubles the Seagulls’ lead. A long way back for Gary O’Neil’s men now.
Pervis Estupiñán grabs a second for Brighton at the start of the second half. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Updated at 11.11 EDT
The second half is under way in most of the 3pm games now.
Updated at 11.06 EDT
On Luis Diaz’s Liverpool goal:
Stuttgart 3-0 Bochum: As Kári Tulinius says on email: “Wataru Endo was part of trio of first-teamers who’ve been rumored to be leaving Stuttgart, and the first to be confirmed, the others being defenders Dinos Mavropanos and Borja Sosa. Neither is playing today against Bochum. As a fan I was expecting the worst.”
No need to, Kári! It’s now Leverkusen 3-1 Leipzig, by the way, Football Manager favourite Florian Wirtz bagging.
Bristol City 0-1 Birmingham: Koji Miyoshi has put the Blues in front on the stroke of half-time at Ashton Gate.
Not many goals elsewhere in the Championship, with Leicester v Cardiff, Sunderland v Rotherham and Swansea v Coventry all locked at 1-1.
I’m off for a glass of water before the second half madness kicks in.
Half time
Premier League: Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth; Fulham 0-1 Brentford; Wolves 0-1 Brighton.
Kauro Mitoma of Brighton & Hove Albion celebrates his goal. Photograph: Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images
Aaron Ramsey has scored an absolute howitzer to level for Cardiff at Leicester. 1-1 there as the Welshman gets the first goal of his second Bluebirds’ spell. But was it as good as Camarasa’s?
Another email and Mary Waltz wasn’t too impressed with Bournemouth’s defensive alertness (or lack thereof) in the penalty aftermath.
She says: “I doubt that it would have made a difference but the Cherries’ Neto can’t be too pleased as his mates sat and watched as Salah followed the pen to score … the Cherries sat and watched his second effort. At least make the appearance of supporting your goalie.”
Goal! Fulham 0-1 Brentford (Wissa, 44)
A dreadful error from Issa Diop gifts the Bees the opening goal in west London. Yoane Wissa isn’t going to miss out on that; he pounces like a coiled spring and runs the ball into the net.
Yoane Wissa rounds Leno to give the Bees the lead at Craven Cottage. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Updated at 10.58 EDT
Championship score update
Approaching half-time in the Division That Dares and here are some latest scores:
Leicester 1-0 Cardiff
Sunderland 1-1 Rotherham
Swansea 1-1 Coventry
Goalless in the rest.
Colin Huxtable enjoyed Mitoma’s goal.
I saw some of Mitoma on the usual highlights reels from last season. That lad can play and has cojones the size of space hoppers when taking on a back-peddling defender. Surprised none of the supposed ‘bigger’ teams took a punt on him.
Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth: And the Reds are discovering their groove here. Szoboszlai has been heavily involved and it’s just apparent that the energy is back, coursing through the veins of Klopp’s players. The Kop responds in kind.
Updated at 10.57 EDT
Wrexham are getting the proverbial gubbing from Swindon at the Racecourse Ground this afternoon. A shame for all American actors whose names begin with R.
Goal! Liverpool 2-1 Bourmemouth (Salah, 36)
Salah is initially denied by goalkeeper Neto, going for power, but it rebounds for the Egyptian to follow up and guide comfortably into the net. There’s a hint of fortune to this lead, but lead Liverpool do!
Salah scores from the rebound to give the Reds the lead. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images
Updated at 10.46 EDT
Penalty Liverpool! Szoboszlai is slipped through and scythed down in the box by former Manchester United man Joe Rothwell. Contact? Minimal, but seemingly enough for a spot-kick … unless VAR wants to intervene?
Updated at 10.36 EDT
We know what you’re doing here, Richard.
Fulham 0-0 Brentford: Apologies for neglecting to update you on this one, but it seems very little of note has happened so far. It’s all rather physical, two teams cancelling each other out.