Svoboda's Brighton climb to second with win

Brighton & Hove Albion's impressive run continues.

The South Coast side won 2-0 against Brentford on matchday 10 of the Premier League. Following Manchester City's defeat to Oliver Glasner's Nottingham Forest on Saturday (To match report>>>), Brighton now sit second behind leaders Arsenal.

Fabian Hürzeler's side took the lead as early as the 15th minute with a wonder goal, as Diego Gomez smashed the ball into the top corner from 20 yards out.

Brentford then reduced themselves to ten men when Igor Thiago was shown a straight red card for violent conduct against Brighton's Chema Andres (23'). Shortly before the break, Pascal Groß doubled the lead from the penalty spot to make it 2-0 (42'), which proved to be the final score.

The two Austrian internationals Michael Svoboda (Brighton) and Jannik Schuster (Brentford) were unable to make an impact on the game, as both spent the full 90 minutes on the bench.

Sunderland beat Chelsea

AFC Sunderland secured a surprise victory, as the side sitting bottom of the Premier League coming into the weekend celebrated a narrow 1-0 win against Chelsea FC.

Kevin Danso's team—with the defender remaining an unused substitute—won thanks to Enzo Le Fee's 36th-minute penalty. The result sees Sunderland move past Manchester United in the standings into 18th place.

Liverpool FC also celebrated success, as the Reds secured a 3-1 victory away at Crystal Palace thanks to goals from Kevin Mac Allister (40'), Florian Wirtz (54'), and Alexander Isak (89').