Staff Reporter.
Aleksandar Mitrovic headed a late winner as Fulham beat Brentford to earn a first win in 25 top-flight London derbies.
Fulham had led after 44 seconds when Bobby Decordova-Reid tapped in from close range, before summer signing Joao Palhinha doubled their advantage with a thumping header.
Christian Norgaard may have been fortunate to avoid a red card for a late challenge on Jay Stansfield but he opened the scoring for the visitors with a sweetly struck volley straight from a corner.
Ivan Toney had two goals ruled out for offside before dragging the visitors level in a first Premier League meeting between the two sides.
But a first win of the season sees Fulham move up to fourth in the table after maintaining their unbeaten start to the season, while the Bees drop to fifth.
Meanwhile Wilfried Zaha scored twice as Crystal Palace earned their first win of the season after coming from a goal down to beat Aston Villa in a lively encounter at Selhurst Park.
But Palace restored parity on the counter less than three minutes later through the impressive Zaha, who shook off Ezri Konsa and beat Emiliano Martinez with a low shot.
The hosts thought they had turned the game on its head when Jeffrey Schlupp struck after 26 minutes only for VAR to adjudge that Odsonne Edouard had strayed offside before finding the Ghana midfielder.
However, VAR later awarded Palace a penalty after Marc Guehi’s back-post header struck Lucas Digne’s arm, with Zaha scoring on the rebound having seen his spot-kick saved by Martinez.
Substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta wrapped up the win for Palace with a well-taken strike – only a minute after replacing Edouard.
Elsewhere Substitute Che Adams scored twice as Southampton came from behind to beat Leicester City and get their first Premier League win in nine games.
The Saints had barely had a chance before that but the introduction of Adams for Sekou Mara after 59 minutes changed the game.
First he slotted in from seven yards out from Armel Bella-Kotchap’s ball after Leicester failed to clear a long throw-in.
He waited six months for that goal, having last scored for the Saints in February, but he only had to wait 16 minutes for his next goal.
James Ward-Prowse lofted a cross into the box and Adams, who was born in Leicester, met it with an acrobatic volley which flew past Danny Ward.
Southampton’s victory – their first since April – was achieved after fielding the youngest Premier League starting line-up named by any club since May 2017, with an average age of 23 years and 238 days.
Premier League Results
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Wolves
Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa
Everton 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Fulham 3-2 Brentford
Leicester City 1-2 Southampton.