So here we have it, the second Match of the Day running order of the 2020/21 season, after what has been an action packed afternoon.
You can see the highlights of all of those played so far along with all the talking points, replays and analysis from 10:20pm on BBC One.
Presenter Gary Lineker will be joined by pundits Danny Murphy and Jermaine Jenas. If you miss the show, you can view it over on the BBC iPlayer or Sunday morning from 8am.
21 goals were scored across just four games played on Saturday afternoon, and as always, it’s caused plenty of changes in the Premier League table, with six more games left to play out over the next few days.
1st) EVERTON v WEST BROM
Dominic Calvert-Lewin produced a hat-trick to help Everton win a thrilling win against West Brom which also was incident-packed, with Slaven Bilic and Kieran Gibbs both sent off at the end of the first half.
Player ratings
Everton: Pickford (6), Coleman (8), Mina (7), Keane (7), Digne (7), Doucoure (6), Allan (6), Gomes (7), James (8), Calvert-Lewin (8), Richarlison (8).
Subs used: Sigurdsson (5), Iwobi (5), Kean (n/a).
West Brom: Johnstone (6), Furlong (6), Ajayi (6), Bartley (6), O’Shea (6), Gibbs (4), Pereira (7), Livermore (7), Sawyers (5), Diangana (7), Robinson (6).
Subs used: Phillips (4), Edwards (4), Fields (4).
Man of the match: James Rodriguez.
2nd) MAN UTD v CRYSTAL PALACE
Wilfried Zaha scored twice on his return to Manchester United as a controversial retaken penalty helped Crystal Palace to an impressive victory at Old Trafford.
Player ratings
Man Utd: De Gea (6), Fosu-Mensah (6), Lindelof (5), Maguire (5), Shaw (5), Pogba (5), McTominay (6), Rashford (5), Bruno Fernandes (6), James (4), Martial (5).
Subs: Greenwood (5), van de Beek (6).
Crystal Palace: Guaita (7), Ward (8), Kouyate (7), Sakho (7), Mitchell (8), Townsend (7), McArthur (7), McCarthy (8), Schlupp (7), Zaha (9), Ayew (7).
Subs: Batshuayi (n/a), Eze (n/a).
Man of the match: Wilfried Zaha.
3rd) LEEDS v FULHAM
Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds picked up their first Premier League victory in 16 years after edging out Fulham in a seven-goal thriller at Elland Road.
Player Ratings
Home Team: Meslier 5, Ayling 6, Koch 4, Cooper 5, Dallas 5, Phillips 6, Klich 7, Costa 8, Harrison 7, Rodrigo 6, Bamford 8
Subs: Roberts 6, Alioski 6
Away Team: Areola 6, Tete 6, Odoi 5, Hector 5, Bryan 5, Reed 7, Anguissa 7, Onomah 5, Cavaleiro 6, Kamara 6, Mitrovic 7
Subs: De Cordova Reid 7, Kebano 6, Lemina 6
Man of the match: Costa
4th) ARSENAL v WEST HAM
West Ham were unlucky to lose this one, Lacazette and Nketiah coming up to cancel out Antonio’s opener for the Hammers. Arsenal grind out for the win and all three points.
Player ratings
Arsenal: Leno (6), Bellerin (6), Holding (5), Gabriel (8), Kolasinac (6), Willian (5), Xhaka (6), Ceballos (8), Saka (7), Lacazette (7), Aubameyang (7).
Subs: Pepe (6), Nketiah (7), Luiz (n/a).
West Ham: Fabianski (6), Fredericks (6), Ogbonna (6), Diop (6), Cresswell (6), Rice (6), Fornals (6), Soucek (7), Masuaku (7), Bowen (6), Antonio (7).
Subs: Yarmolenko (n/a), Anderson (n/a), Haller (n/a).
Man of the Match: Dani Ceballos
Fans took to social media to give their reaction as Gary Lineker announced the Match of the Day running order…
it’s still so weird to see the green screen ffs
— bella? (@beIlacfc) September 19, 2020
united players fall over after every contact, is that what our game is turning into?
— Gazza (@kunsbannedhair) September 19, 2020
Gary! Mrs is saying…..”you’ve watched 4 live games, and there’s 4 of the same on match of the day, so why do you need to watch highlights?”…..what do I say???
— john mac (@mcelhoney) September 19, 2020
Third?! I guess we can at least laugh at Man United before our highlights ?
— Jim Noble (@nobby_jim) September 19, 2020
because we beat Man Utd away and you beat Fulham.
— Eric Terwilliger☘️ (@erictwigs) September 19, 2020
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