Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City
Raheem Sterling's first goals for Chelsea gave the 10-man Blues a 2-1 victory over winless Leicester in the Premier League.
Sterling’s second-half double proved decisive at Stamford Bridge as the hosts overcame the loss of manager Thomas Tuchel and England midfielder Conor Gallagher.
The Blues were reduced to 10 men when Gallagher, booked for an early challenge on Barnes, was dismissed in the 28th minute after receiving another one for fouling the same player as the Foxes counter-attacked.
A little more than a minute after the restart, Sterling broke the deadlock with a shot from the edge of the area, after being found by Marc Cucurella.
They doubled their lead in the 63rd minute when Sterling tapped in James' cross at the far post, however, the Foxes had hope three minutes later when Barnes beat Mendy at his near post to pull a goal back.
Brentford 1-1 Everton
Anthony Gordon gave Chelsea a timely nudge with a fine strike as Everton drew 1-1 at Brentford.
The 21-year-old winger shrugged off the noise surrounding a potential switch to Stamford Bridge with a well-taken first goal of the season.
However Brentford, who had hit the woodwork three times, equalised through Vitaly Janelt six minutes from time..
Brentford, who thumped Manchester United 4-0 in their previous home match, dominated from the off and in the opening moments Josh Dasilva worked the ball to Aaron Hickey, whose shot was deflected narrowly wide.
They were inches away from a deserved lead when Mathias Jensen's low drive beat Jordan Pickford only to cannon back off the foot of his left-hand post.
Yet against the run of play the Bees were undone by a simple goal, albeit expertly finished by Gordon.
The youngster raced on to Conor Coady’s long ball over the top, took a touch to steady himself and coolly finished across David Raya into the far corner.
It was only Gordon’s fifth goal in 64 appearances for the Toffees, not the sort of numbers usually associated with a £60million attacker, but it seems even potential costs a fortune these days.
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Brighton 1-0 Leeds
Brighton stretched their unbeaten Premier League streak to a club-record nine games after Pascal Gross' second-half strike earned a deserved 1-0 win over Leeds.
Albion squandered a host of chances at the Amex Stadium before Gross coolly claimed his third goal of the season in the 66th minute.
Leeds were second best for much of a frustrating afternoon in which manager Jesse Marsch was shown a second-half yellow card following persistent petulant touchline behaviour.
The American, who was animated all afternoon, slammed the ball into the turf after his side were awarded a free-kick and then sarcastically applauded referee Michael Salisbury.
Brighton rode their luck at times in the closing stages but, despite Leeds defender Llorente going dangerously close eight minutes from time, they heled on for a merited victory which extends their fine form.
