Arsenal came back from a goal down to beat Leeds United 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday (October 10, 2026), with Brazilian Bruno Guimaraes coming off the bench to net the winner as the Premier League resumed following a lengthy international break.
At Stamford Bridge, Henderson was Chelsea’s unlikely hero, opening the scoring in the second minute when Cole Palmer, fresh from signing a new contract, drove forward from the halfway line before setting him up to score.
On the pitch, champions Arsenal climbed to second in the table on 15 points, behind City on goal difference before the Manchester club travel to Liverpool on Sunday (October 11). Chelsea struck twice in the opening three minutes en route to a 5-1 thrashing of Bournemouth, with Jordan Henderson and Joao Pedro bagging two goals apiece, and are fifth on 10 points. Brighton’s Maxim de Cuyper and Jaouen Hadjam scored in the second half for their side, whose victory came despite seeing Pascal Struijk red-carded in the 57 th minute.
He sent on Guimaraes, Jurrien Timber and Viktor Gyokeres, and was rewarded when Guimaraes grabbed the winner with a brilliantly worked goal in the 70th minute, sending a low shot into the far corner of the net from the edge of the box. “I think we had some tough moments, but I think we deserved the winner. We acted well after the goal we conceded. Ipswich captain Dara O’Shea scored in the 92nd minute to snatch victory over Fulham, who led through Ryan Sessegnon until the 88th minute when Abdoul Ouattara fired in a fine equaliser.