LONDON: Arsenal’s Premier League title chase faded further after a first Premier League home defeat of the season delivered by a Jarrod Bowen header and thus a 1-0 victory for West Ham.

Aston Villa hit back from a goal down to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Villa Park, while Manchester United recovered from an awful first-half display at Goodison Park to draw 2-2 with Everton as they survived a controversial late penalty call.

Tottenham’s improved form continued when they claimed a third successive league win, increasing Ipswich Town’s relegation fears with a 4-1 victory at Portman Road.

Wolves eased away from the drop zone with a surprise 1-0 win at 10-man Bournemouth who missed out on the chance to move into the top four.

Arsenal were without a recognised striker, with injuries hitting them hard, and they could have few complaints as West Ham claimed only a second league win in six since new manager Graham Potter took charge.

Mikel Arteta’s side managed only two shots on target and to make matters worse they had substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly sent off in the 73rd minute after hauling down Mohammed Kudus.

Arteta, after Arsenal’s first home league loss for 10 months, said: “Very disappointed. Obviously very angry as well. You have to congratulate West Ham for the victory. The title race is not in our hands.”

Villa’s Marco Asensio scored twice and fellow newcomer Marcus Rashford had two assists as their side in coming back from a goal down to beat Chelsea.

Enzo Fernandez slotted home in the ninth minute before Asensio levelled in the 57th. Asensio scored the winner in the 89th minute when Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen allowed the Spaniard’s shot to slip under his body and into the net.

Villa climbed to seventh in the league table on 42 points, one point behind both Chelsea, who fell to sixth, and fifth-placed Bournemouth.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said his side “did not exist” as they trailed 2-0 at Everton for whom striker Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure were on target in the first half. The visitors did improve after the break and captain Bruno Fernandes pulled back a goal from a free kick before Manuel Ugarte scored a superb equaliser 10 minutes from time.

It looked like all being in vain for United though as referee Andrew Madley pointed to the spot in stoppage time after Everton’s Ashley Young went down having seemingly been pulled back by Harry Maguire as he tried to reach a rebound. But after a long VAR check Madley went to the screen and changed his original decision.

Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson scored twice in the first half before goals from Djed Spence and Dejan Kulusevski wrapped up their victory at Ipswich. The win left Ange Postecoglou’s team in 12th spot with 33 points from 26 games, while Ipswich remained third from bottom on 17, five points adrift of the safety zone.

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