IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Diaz double helps Liverpool to 3-0 win over Bournemouth
A quick-fire double from Luis Diaz set Liverpool on course for a comprehensive 3-0 Premier League home win against Bournemouth on Saturday as the Reds bounced back from last week's embarrassing 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest.
Diaz was electric in the first half, papering over Liverpool's defensive frailties with a brilliant attacking display from the left wing that overpowered the visitors, with the game effectively over as a contest by halftime.
Arne Slot's side had the VAR to thank for chalking off an early Bournemouth goal from Antoine Semneyo due to offside, with the groans of the home fans who feared another shock defeat turning to whoops of joy as the goal was overturned.
The electric Diaz then went to work, forcing keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga into a fine save in the eighth minute, and he threatened several more times before finally beating Kepa to a long ball and rattling it home in the 26th minute.
Less than three minutes later Diaz had his second goal as Bournemouth were sliced open by a five-on-four break, the Colombian using his left foot to drive the ball between the legs of the advancing Kepa for his fifth goal in five league games.
Darwin Nunez then added a brilliant third, attacking down the right and slowing down before suddenly accelerating again to cut inside and curl home a left-foot shot to make it 3-0.
With the game out of the visitors' reach, there was little of note in the second half save for the Premier League debut of Liverpool's Enrico Chiesa, who came off the bench and provided a glimpse of the talent that prompted the Merseysiders to pay Juventus a reputed 10 million pounds ($13.32 million) for him.
Despite their offensive dominance, Liverpool still looked occasionally vulnerable at the back and keeper Caoimhin Kelleher had to claw away the ball after it hit the bar from a late corner, but Bournemouth could not find a way back into the game and the hosts ran out easy winners.
Solanke opens his account as Tottenham hit back to beat Brentford
Striker Dominic Solanke scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur as Ange Postecoglou's team recovered from conceding inside the opening minute to beat Brentford 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Bryan Mbeumo's acrobatic volley stunned the home crowd but 65-million-pound ($86.59-million) signing Solanke calmed the jitters when he tapped in a rebound in the eighth minute.
Brennan Johnson fired Tottenham ahead after 28 minutes but Tottenham's lead looked vulnerable in the second half until James Maddison was set up Son Heung-min to make it 3-1.
Tottenham's second win of the season lifted them to 10th with seven points from five games with Brentford, who have six points, dropping to 12th.
Jackson stars as Chelsea thrash West Ham
Nicolas Jackson scored twice to help Chelsea to a third straight away win with a 3-0 victory at London rivals West Ham United on Saturday that suggested new coach Enzo Maresca is getting his huge squad to gel.
Jackson capitalised on poor defending to find the net in the fourth minute when he sprinted down the wing, cut inside unchallenged and beat Alphonse Areola with a low shot.
Fourteen minutes later the Senegal striker was left in space by West Ham's defenders to receive a pass from Moises Caicedo and double Chelsea's lead.
West Ham were 3-0 down little more than a minute into the second half when Jackson, on the break, teed up Cole Palmer and the England striker fired home from the edge of the box.
Chelsea, who won 1-0 at Bournemouth last Saturday and 6-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers in August, moved into second place in the Premier League table before the rest of the weekend's fixtures.
Maresca, the fourth permanent coach to work for Chelsea's American owners since they bought the club two years ago, has faced questions over his ability to create a coherent team following a latest spate of signings.
At the London Stadium on Saturday, he gave first starts to Jadon Sancho in attack and Tosin Adarabioyo in defence and played Wesley Fofana in the unusual position of right back due to injuries to Reece James and Malo Gusto.
But the reshuffling did not knock Chelsea off their stride as they took full advantage of West Ham's own adjustment to life under new coach Julen Lopetegui.
Maresca played down talk of Chelsea putting behind them a disappointing couple of seasons when they finished sixth and 12th in the Premier League, even as he became the first coach to win his first three away games in the Premier League since Pep Guardiola achieved the same feat at Manchester City in 2016.
"I think we are improving in many things, even if today we could attack better, we could defend better," he told reporters. "Especially we could manage the game much, much better... But overall I think we deserved to win the game."
Boos from the home fans rang out at half time and also when Lopetegui replaced winger Crysencio Summerville - who provided some much-needed spark on his first start for the Hammers - with Michail Antonio in the second half.
The hosts had a penalty claim denied after Summerville went down in a tangle with Fofana after half an hour but they did not seriously threaten Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
West Ham have won only one of their first five league games of the season.
"We were never in the game which is an awful thing to say," West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen told TNT Sports television.
"The goals that they scored were easy on our part - two gifts. You have to be switched on in every moment. On the pitch it felt quite easy to play through (us)," he said.
"A disappointing day all-round."