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Time to wrap this blog up. Thanks for all your emails and Kurosawa tips, and don’t forget to join Barry Glendenning for Southampton v Manchester City. Night!

Match report: Spurs 2-1 Brighton

John Brewin was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to see, well, all sorts.

Match report: Brentford 1-2 Newcastle

Alexander Isak continued his marvellous form to give Newcastle a fifth straight league win. Ben Bloom reports.

Match report: Fulham 0-1 West Ham

West Ham’s first away win since August lifts them to 13th in the table. Jacob Steinberg was at Craven Cottage.

Match report: Aston Villa 2-0 Nottm Forest

Another win for Unai Emery, another away defeat for Steve Cooper. Ben Fisher was at Villa Park for us.

Match report: Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

Will Unwin was at Molineux to watch Wolves beat Frank Lampard’s Chelsea. Here’s what he made of it.

And this is what it does to the table

Look at Aston Villa!

Premier League final scores

Man Utd 2-0 Everton

Aston Villa 2-0 Nottm Forest

Brentford 1-2 Newcastle

Fulham 0-1 West Ham

Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth

Tottenham 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

Full time: Spurs 2-1 Brighton

A triumph for Spurs, if not the egregious soulcrusher popularly known as VAR. By most accounts, Brighton were robbed on at least two occasions, but Spurs stayed in the game and Harry Kane’s late goal settled the match.

Full time: Aston Villa 2-0 Nottm Forest

Unai Emery found Villa in 17th place; now, unless Brighotn equalise at Spurs, they will finish the day in sixth. Forest, alas, are going in the other direction.

Full time: Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

Matheus Nunes’s monstrous goal gives Wolves victory over Frank Lampard’s Chelsea – and lifts them to 12th in the table.

GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 Nottm Forest (Watkins 90+5)

The main man seals victory for Villa with a lovely chip over Keylor Navas.

Ollie Watkins seals Aston Villa’s victory during stoppage time. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PAWatkins celebrates. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters

Updated at 12.01 EDT

Full time: Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth

Philip Billing’s goal gives Bournemouth a massive victory at the King Power Stadium, and drops Leicester even deeper into the stinky-doo.

Leicester City’s Wout Faes and teammates looks dejected. Photograph: Ian Walton/Reuters

Updated at 12.03 EDT

Full time: Brentford 1-2 Newcastle

Ivan Toney misses a good chance right at the death, and then the final whistle goes. Newcastle’s blip is well and truly over: they’ve won five in a row.

Full time: Fulham 0-1 West Ham

Harrison Reed’s own goal gives West Ham a priceless victory, one that lifts them, at least until tomorrow, to 13th in the table.

Spurs 2-1 Brighton

“We’re getting robbed blind this year,” says JPJ. “First the embarrassing non-call at Palace, then this garbage. Anything to keep Brighton out of Europe. Furious.”

It sounds like you’ve been well and truly VARred today, but come on, it’s not some grand conspiracy. If nothing else, everyone loves this Brighton team.

Updated at 11.53 EDT

“Dear Rob,” says Joe Wilsdon. “The recent movie Living with Bill Niighy was based on Kurosawa’s “Ikiru”, which I recommend to you and anyone who will listen!”

With a couple of minutes remaining, these are the latest scores

Man Utd 2-0 Everton (FT)

Aston Villa 1-0 Nottm Forest

Brentford 1-2 Newcastle

Fulham 0-1 West Ham

Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth

Tottenham 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

Southampton v Man City team news

Beast is back in the Manchester City team for their game at St Mary’s. Get the rest of the team news with Barry Glendenning.

Spurs 2-1 Brighton I said it was an expert finish from Kane, which will teach me to paraphrase people on the telly: I think it went in via a Brighton defender, though it was on target so it’s Kane’s goal.

GOAL! Spurs 2-1 Brighton (Kane 79)

An expert finish from Harry Kane puts Spurs ahead against Brighton. It isn’t against the run of play; it’s an affront to the run of play. And Spurs won’t care one iota, because that’s a huge goal for them.

Harry Kane scores Tottenham Hotspurs’ second goal. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The ObserverKane celebrates his goal with Ivan Perisic. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The ObserverThe big screen and Spurs fans celebrate Kane’s goal. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Updated at 12.48 EDT

Spurs 1-1 Brighton “Højberg kicked Mitoma in the shin in the penalty box when the latter was landing after jumping up to control the ball, and Mitoma fell down,” says Kári Tulinius. “It looked on first, second, third, fourth and fifth viewing like an obvious penalty, but VAR wasn’t interested. He’s having none of the luck today.”

Yes but was it clear and obvious?

Fulham 0-1 West Ham Andreas Pereira is denied by Lukasz Fabianski, a vital save that might even keep David Moyes in a job.

Fulham’s Andreas Pereira is denied by West Ham United’s keeper Lukasz Fabianski. Photograph: Tony Obrien/Reuters

Updated at 11.52 EDT

Spurs 1-1 Brighton

As things stand Spurs are five points behind the two Uniteds, having played a game more. But they play both before the end of the month, so they’re not out of the Champions League hunt yet.

That’s yet in italics.

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

“Chelsea are no longer missing chances,” says Jon Rogers. “Super Frank has sorted that out right away. Hard to miss chances if you don’t make any.”

“You say you have never watched a Kurosawa film,” says Ian Copestake, “but every time you see a slow-motion fight between middle-aged men in a pub in a movie you are watching part of his legacy.”

Oh, so it was Kurosawa who directed Hegelian Dialectic?

Spurs 1-1 Brighton More VAR controversy at Spurs. Brighton were convinced that Mitoma was fouled by Hojbjerg, so much so that they kicked the ball out of play. But it wasn’t given, and Jeff Stelling is going off on one on Sky Sports.

I’d pay six figures to hear Roberto De Zerbi’s internal monologue right now.

Brentford 1-2 Newcastle “Isak has been on the periphery of this game – and I’m being generous with that description – but that finish was absolutely world class,” says Chris Paraskevas. “Newcastle have gone from tepid Kurosawa to explosive Leone in this second half!”

You wouldn’t like Mary Waltz when she’s angry.

Spurs 1-1 Brighton Apparently both managers were sent off for “failing to control their technical area”. Hmm.

A melee on the touchline between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton and Hove Albion staff. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Updated at 11.36 EDT

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea “Any reason to have optimistic views for Chelsea here?” asks Richard Ford. “Can a point be saved?”

I can’t even see the game, so I might not be the best person to ask. But I have just looked up when Chelsea last finished in the bottom half of the table: it was 1995-96.

Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth Harvey Barnes has gone off injured for Leicester, with Tete replacing him. Leicester are truly, madly, deeply in the malodorous stuff.

NO GOAL! Brentford 1-2 Newcastle

Callum Wilson’s goal has been ruled out for a debatable handball, so it’s back to 2-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Bundesliga full-times

That should – should – mean it’s a two-horse race in the Bundesliga.

Premier League latest

Man Utd 2-0 Everton (FT)

Aston Villa 1-0 Nottm Forest

Brentford 1-3 Newcastle

Fulham 0-1 West Ham

Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth

Tottenham 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on for Chelsea, thus beginning another fresh start.

Updated at 11.25 EDT

“As I so often the case, Mary Waltz is talking absolute sense,” says Tom Hopkins. “Not only are Kurosawa’s movies great in themselves (Yojimbo for when you’re young and full of beans, Ran and Ikiru for when time starts to catch up with you), so many other great movies liberally borrow from them. No Yojimbo, no Fistful of Dollars. No Hidden Fortress no Star Wars. No Rashomon no a whole bunch of things (including on of the very best throwaway Simpsons gags).”

GOAL! Brentford 1-3 Newcastle (Wilson 65)

Whatever Eddie Howe said at half-time…

Newcastle have been sensational since the break, and the substitute Callum Wilson has put them 3-1 up.

Both managers sent off! Spurs 1-1 Brighton

It’s fair to say this has been coming: Cristian Stellini and Roberto De Zerbi have both been sent off. On Sky Sports, Tim Sherwood says he didn’t see what Stellini did wrong, but De Zerbi has been looking for a square go ever since he read the morning headlines.

Tottenham Hotspur interim manager Cristian Stellini seems to be saying “Who ref?, me ref?” Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Updated at 11.38 EDT

Tottenham 1-1 Brighton

“Rob,” says Alexandra Ashton, “I don’t think this squad is worse than either Newcastle or Brighton, our other “top 4” rivals. We have one of the best strikers in the world, the Premier League golden boot winner last season, a World Cup winner (Romero, not Lloris), and a team that should be doing better, in my eyes.

“Players we signed last summer: Bissouma, Richarlison, Perisic, Lenglet, Spence, Udogie, Forster. I really did think we could make a push for third this season back then, and most supporters I talked to thought we could do that and win the League/FA Cup.

“Instead, we’re floundering. Sometimes the table does lie, because Tottenham Hotspur are inexplicably in fifth place. We do not deserve to be there. Brighton, Liverpool, Chelsea, or Brentford do. (In a normal season, Chelsea and Liverpool would be above us and we’d be seventh, something I find more realistic.)

“Also, to Mary Waltz, Ran is one of my favourite films. I do understand Chris Paraskevas’ gripe, though: I feel as if many of Kurosawa’s movies suffer from him trying so hard to make a point that he sometimes forgets the entertainment of the audience. Not so far as to make them not fantastic, mind.”

I take all those points, but they have been a bit unfortunate with the injury to Bentancur and Son’s loss of form. They aren’t good enough to carry either Kane or Son for more than the odd poor game here and there.

Updated at 11.23 EDT

Spurs 1-1 Brighton It has all kicked off on the touchline, with Roberto De Zerbi front and centre.

GOAL! Brentford 1-2 Newcastle (Isak 61)

Alexander Isak, Newcastle’s new icon, has put them ahead with a masterful finish. That’s his fifth goal in as many games. It sounds like Newcastle have been fantastic since half-time.

Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak scores their second goal. Photograph: David Klein/ReutersIsak celebrates scoring their second goal with Joe Willock and Callum Wilson in front of the jubilant members of the travelling Toon Army. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters

Updated at 11.41 EDT

NO GOAL! Spurs 1-1 Brighton

Another Brighton goal is ruled out for handball. This decision, it seems, was entirely without controversy.

The big screen give a VAR decision and rules out a Brighton goal due to handball. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Updated at 11.47 EDT

GOAL! Spurs 1-2 Brighton (Welbeck 55)

Danny Welbeck puts Brighton ahead with a deflected shot that slithers through Hugo Lloris. Sounds like a goalkeeping error.

Premier League latest

Man Utd 2-0 Everton (FT)

Aston Villa 1-0 Nottm Forest

Brentford 1-1 Newcastle

Fulham 0-1 West Ham

Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth

Tottenham 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolves 1-0 Chelsea

Bundesliga: Dortmund 2-1 Union Berlin The substitute Youssoufa Moukoko has put Dortmund back in front!

Youssoufa Moukoko of Borussia Dortmund rounds the Union Berlin keeper before slotting home and giving the home side the lead. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images

Updated at 11.19 EDT

GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Newcastle (Raya og 54)

Newcastle are level! They’ve been excellent since half-time, and now Joelinton’s shot has gone into the net off David Raya. At the moment it’s being credited as a Raya own goal. And given the state of play at the top of the Guardian sport fantasy league, let’s hope it stays that way!

Joelinton celebrates Newcastle United’s equaliser. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters

Updated at 11.21 EDT

Nottm Forest 5-2 QPR (1988-89)

“Fans run onto the pitch at City Ground and Clough slaps them for their trouble,” says Alun Pugh. “Mirror back page the following morning: ‘The shit hits the fan’. Priceless.”

Updated at 11.14 EDT

Spurs 1-1 Brighton

“No controversy re: the Mitoma goal – it was a handball – clearly controlled it off his forearm,” says Nick Triani. “Definitely a good performance from Brighton – but in control, not creating that much. Spurs are pressing and countering and have had a few good chances themselves. Both teams could do better around the box.”

Not sure I agree with that – assuming this is still accurate, I think it’s probably okay. But I can understand the VAR man not overruling the on-field decision (handball) on the grounds that he couldn’t be 100 per cent sure.

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Nottm Forest (Traore 48)

Bertrand Traore, who came on for the injured Leon Bailey in the first half, gives Villa the lead with his second goal in as many games.

Bertrand Traore gives Aston Villa the lead. Photograph: Ryan Browne/ShutterstockTraore celebrates his goal. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters

Updated at 11.17 EDT